Book Thief

Title: Book Thief Author: Zusak, Markus ISBN: 9780375831003 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Published: 2006 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good B 1632083 Publisher Description: The extraordinary #1"New York Times"bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. 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