Zusak, Markus,

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.

Michael Printz Award honor book, 2007.

9780399556524 (lib. bdg.) 9781101934180 (trade) 1101934182 (trade) 9780375842207 (pbk.)

2015478201


Books and reading--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Jews--History--Germany--1933-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction.


Germany--History--1933-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction.

PZ7.Z837 / Boo 2016

[Fic.]