12/29/2022 0 Comments Book thief![]() ![]() The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Winner of the ALA Youth Medal Awards' Margaret A. National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature 2006īook Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature 2007 Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year 2006 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2006 "A moving work which will make many eyes brim." Independent on SundayĬommonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (South East Asia & South Pacific) 2006 It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner." The Guardian ".a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling.Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. "Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry." Sunday Telegraph It seems poised to become a classic." USA Today " The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. The Book Thief is a story about the power of words to make worlds. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. ![]() It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. The country is holding its breath.ĭeath has never been busier, and will become busier still.īy her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. the kind of book that can be life changing" The New York Times The extraordinary international bestseller from the author of new novel Bridge of Clay. ![]()
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