The book thief /
Markus Zusak ; illustrations by Trudy White.
- Anniversary edition.
- 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Previously published in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in Australia by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Pty Ltd, Sydney, in 2005"--Title page verso. "First anniversary edition"--Title page verso. "Special anniversary edition"--Jacket.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Books and reading--Fiction. Storytelling--Fiction. Death--Fiction. Jews--History--Germany--1933-1945--Fiction. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction.