The Book Thief

• For ages 12-17
• Paperback Format | 592 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 207 x 31mm | 454g
• Publication date 26 Mar 2014
• Publisher Random House USA Inc
• Imprint KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Media tie-in
• Edition Statement Media tie-in
• Illustrations note w. illus. by Trudy White
• ISBN10 0385754728
• ISBN13 9780385754729
• Bestsellers rank 24,562

DESCRIPTION

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. It is 1939. Germany . The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist- books . With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award -winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time . "The kind of book that can be life -changing. " --The New York Times "Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. " -- USA Today DON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

Product code: OL6594-K