The Book Thief
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sydney, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Epub
ISBN-13: 9781742624068; 9781741973464; 9781741975475; 9781741977486
Copyright date: 2005
Description: 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'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 accordion-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 Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

The Book Thief is a story about the power of words to make worlds. 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.

source: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742624068/
Notes: reprint