num_pages: 757
description: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
language: English
title: The Book Thief
titlecomplete: The Book Thief
characters: Hans Hubermann, Death, Rosa Hubermann, Alex Steiner, Liesel Meminger, Ilsa Hermann, Max Vandenburg, Rudy Steiner
genres: Historical, War, Novels, World War II, Holocaust, Young Adult, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Books About Books
ratings_count: 2439718
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: Thorndike Pr