The book thief
Zusak, Markus, 1975-2013
Book
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her foster father, learns to read. Soon, she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.
Main title:
The book thief / Markus Zusak with illustrations by Trudi White.
Author:
Zusak, Markus, 1975-, author
Work:
Edition:
Film tie-in edition.
Imprint:
Sydney, N.S.W. : Picador/Pan Macmillan Australia, 2013.©2005.
Collation:
584 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Reprinted 2013, 2014 (six times), 2015.
ISBN:
9781742613314 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Young adult fictionBooks -- Young adult fictionBooks and reading -- Young adult fictionDeath -- Young adult fictionJews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Young adult fictionStorytelling -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Young adult fictionGermany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Young adult fictionWar fiction
BRN:
33882