num_pages: 552
description: The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi 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.
language: English
title: The Book Thief
titlecomplete: The Book Thief
characters: Hans Hubermann, Death, Liesel Meminger, Ilsa Hermann, Alex Steiner, Rosa Hubermann, Rudy Steiner, Max Vandenburg
genres: Fiction, Historical, Books About Books, War, Young Adult, Classics, Holocaust, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 2438070
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: Listening Library