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The Book Thief / It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down. 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.

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Fiction
Classification	F-ZUS
Publisher	New York, N.Y., Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
Subject	FictionWorld War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction.Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945--Juvenile Fiction.Death (Personification)--Fiction.Historical FictionGermany--History--Fiction.
Description	552
ISBN	9780375842207
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