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The Book Thief
Contributor(s): Zusak, Markus (Author)
ISBN: 0375842209     ISBN-13: 9780375842207
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $13.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: Set during World War II in Germany, Zusaks groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing, encounters something she cant resist: books.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007281233
Lexile Measure: 730
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.00 lbs) 608 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Holocaust
- Cultural Region - Germany
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Chronological Period - 1940's
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 106101
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 18.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

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.