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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld The Limited
ISBN-100552773891
ISBN-139780552773898
eBay Product ID (ePID)211898142
Product Key Features
Book TitleBook Thief
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicWar & Military, Social Themes / Death & Dying, General, Books & Libraries, Historical / Europe, Religious / Jewish, Historical, Historical / Military & Wars
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction
AuthorMarkus Zusak
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight13.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisHERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 1939. 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, Narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares out her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day, the wail of the sirens comes too late.