![]() USA TodayĭON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF. ![]() The New York Timesĭeserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. The kind of book that can be life-changing. 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. 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. Introduced by Death as 'The Book Thief,' Liesel is nine at the beginning of the novel, when her younger brother dies and she is given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching. 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. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME.He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchists suit collection. She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. Liesel is traumatized by her brothers death, but Hans proves to be a calming foster father with his help. Historical Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature Quotes tagged as 'the-book-thief' Showing 1-30 of 59. Introduced by Death as 'The Book Thief,' Liesel is nine at the beginning of the novel, when her younger brother dies and she is given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching.
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