The Book Thief -- Markus Zusak - Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME

The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.

When Death has a story to tell, you listen.

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.

"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.

Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/11/2007
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780375842207
Age Range: 12-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106101 / Book Thief

Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 05/01/2007 pg. 30
Entertainment Weekly 02/04/2011 pg. 114
Entertainment Weekly 03/04/2016 pg. 63

About the Author
Markus Zusak is the internationally bestselling author of six novels, including The Book Thief and most recently, Bridge of Clay. His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.

All of Zusak's books - including earlier titles, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl), and The Messenger (or I am the Messenger) - have been awarded numerous honors around the world, ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.

In 2013, The Book Thief was made into a major motion picture, and in 2018 was voted one of America's all-time favorite books, achieving the 14th position on the PBS Great American Read. Also in 2018, Bridge of Clay was selected as a best book of the year in publications ranging from Entertainment Weekly to the Wall Street Journal.

Markus Zusak grew up in Sydney, Australia, and still lives there with his wife and two children.