num_pages: 592
description: Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereIt is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind 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 accordian-playing 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.In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)
language: English
title: The Book Thief
titlecomplete: The Book Thief
characters: Alex Steiner, Ilsa Hermann, Death, Hans Hubermann, Rosa Hubermann, Rudy Steiner, Max Vandenburg, Liesel Meminger
genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Young Adult, Books About Books, Classics, War, Fiction, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 2438004
places: Germany, Molching
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Children’s and Young Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Buxtehuder Bulle, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Sydney Taylor Book Award
category: Teen Readers, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Young Adult/Teen, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Zilveren Zoen, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Teen Read Award
category: Best All-Time-Fave, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Association of Jewish Libraries
category: Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: Literary Fiction, name: Kathleen Mitchell Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Ena Noel Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: LovelyBooks Leserpreis
category: Allgemeine Literatur, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf