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An edition of The Book Thief (1998)

The Book Thief

First American Edition (2)

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (138 ratings)
  • 2,373 Want to read
  • 143 Currently reading
  • 254 Have read

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.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
551

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nyt:young-adult-paperback-monthly=2022-09-04, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Books and reading, Fiction, Jews, History, World War, 1939-1945, Rescue, Storytelling, Death, Novela australiana, Livres et lecture, Romans, nouvelles, Juifs, Histoire, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Sauvetage, Libros y lectura, Novela, Judios, Historia, Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945, Book thefts, Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) fast (OCoLC)fst01710189, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Death, fiction, Germany, history, fiction, Jews, history, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Children's fiction, Storytelling, fiction, Books and reading, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Art de conter, Mort, World war ii, Gestapo, Judaism, Nazi, Nazi germany, Historical fiction, Narración de cuentos, Muerte, Literature, Judíos, Nyt:paperback_books=2007-09-09, Ficción, Jews rescue, German history, Books, Reading, Spanish language materials, Ficción juvenil, Guerra mundial ii, Fictional works, Large type books, Memory, Mothers, Family problems, Young adult fiction, Death (personification), Germany

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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Mark Owens, Liesel Meminger, Death

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Germany, Alemania, Munich, Allemagne

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1933-1945, World War, 1939-1945, 1939-1945

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Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2006

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.Z837 Boo 2006, PZ7.Z837Boo 2006
lccn_permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2005008942

The Physical Object

Format
Library Binding
Pagination
551p.
Number of pages
551

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26437481M
ISBN 10
0375931007
ISBN 13
9780375931000
LCCN
2005008942
OCLC/WorldCat
669202076, 975899329
Alibris ID
0375931007
Goodreads
1039463

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5819456W

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Work Description

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

Excerpts

a mountain range of rubble

in which our narrator introduces: himself – the colours – and the book thief.
added by Lisa.

first sentence

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