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An edition of The Book Thief (1998)

The Book Thief

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  • ★★★★ 4.28 ·
  • 109 Ratings
  • 1568 Want to read
  • 91 Currently reading
  • 180 Have read

HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

  1. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH.

It's a small story, about: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery.

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW - DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES.

--front flap

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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
592

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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, New york times bestseller, Historical fiction, Narración de cuentos, Muerte, Literature, Judíos, Nyt:paperback_books=2007-09-09, Ficción, Jews rescue, German history, Books, Reading, World war, 1939-1945, Spanish language materials, Ficción juvenil, Guerra mundial ii, Jews rescue (1939-1945 : world war) fast (ocolc)fst01710189, Fictional works, Large type books, Memory, Mothers, Family problems, Young adult fiction, Death (personification)
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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Mark Owens, Liesel Meminger, Death
Places
Germany, Alemania, Munich, Allemagne
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1933-1945, World War, 1939-1945, 1939-1945

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Nov 25, 2014, LUMEN
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Книжный вор
2014, ĖKSMO
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The Book Thief
2013, Alfred A. Knopf
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The Book Thief
2013, Alfred A. Knopf
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La voleuse de livres
2013-10, Pocket Jeunesse
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Kẻ trộm sách
2011, DT Books
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La ladrona de libros / The Book Thief (Spanish Edition)
2009-02-01, Debolsillo
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Złodziejka książek
2008, Nasza Księgarnia
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The Book Thief
2007, Doubleday
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The Book Thief
2006, Thorndike Press
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The Book Thief
2005, Picador Australia
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Copyright Date
2005

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
592

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7441552M
ISBN 10
0385611463
ISBN 13
9780385611466
OCLC/WorldCat
718526275, 1028444744
amazon.co.uk_asin
0385611463
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0385611463
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393681
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0385611463
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893131

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

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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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