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    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    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.

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    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.

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    This 10th-anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author’s writing notebook.

    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.

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    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.

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
     
    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.
     
    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

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
     
    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.
     
    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

    About The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
     
    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.
     
    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

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    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Paperback | $14.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Oct 15, 2013 | 592 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385754729

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Paperback | $14.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 11, 2007 | 608 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375842207

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Mar 08, 2016 | 592 Pages | 6 x 9 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101934180

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Dec 18, 2007 | 592 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307433848

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    CD | $29.95
    Published by Listening Library
    Oct 15, 2013 | 840 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780804168434

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    CD | $51.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 26, 2006 | 837 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739337271

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Audiobook Download | $25.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 26, 2006 | 837 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739337288

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    Praise

    “Brilliant and hugely ambitious…Some will argue that a book so difficult and sad may not be appropriate for teenage readers…Adults will probably like it (this one did), but it’s a great young-adult novel…It’s the kind of book that can be life-changing, because without ever denying the essential amorality and randomness of the natural order, The Book Thief offers us a believable hard-won hope…The hope we see in Liesel is unassailable, the kind you can hang on to in the midst of poverty and war and violence. Young readers need such alternatives to ideological rigidity, and such explorations of how stories matter. And so, come to think of it, do adults.” -New York Times

    “The Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader’s mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but 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. It seems poised to become a classic.” -USA Today

    “Zusak doesn’t sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five: with grim, darkly consoling humor.” -Time Magazine

    “Elegant, philosophical and moving…Beautiful and important.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred

    “This hefty volume is an achievement…a challenging book in both length and subject…” -Publisher’s Weekly, Starred 

    “One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years.” –The Wall Street Journal

    “Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak’s poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour de force to be not just read but inhabited.” –The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

    “An extraordinary narrative.” –SLJ, Starred

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 2007

    Book Sense Children’s Pick List WINNER 2007

    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book WINNER 2006

    Horn Book Fanfare WINNER 2006

    IRA Notable Books for a Global Society WINNER 2006

    Kentucky Bluegrass Master List WINNER 2008

    Kirkus Reviews Editor Choice Award WINNER 2006

    Michael L. Printz Honor Book WINNER 2007

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER 2007

    Printz Honors WINNER 2007

    Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year WINNER 2007

    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 2006

    Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List WINNER 2007

    Virginia Young Readers Program Master List WINNER 2007

    Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (South East Asia & South Pacific) NOMINEE 2006

    Michigan Reading Association Great Lakes Book Award NOMINEE 2007

    Rhode Island Teen Book Award NOMINEE 2008

    ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings SELECTION 2007

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