The book thief
Zusak, Markus
White, Trudy
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553 pagesillustrations
Summary: It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become 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 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 accordion-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 Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down
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20200207142024.0Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
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Fiction Shelves | Black Swan edition | A5050 | 20/05/2024 |
Genre: | Historical fiction Historical fiction |
call #: | ZUS |
ISBN: | 9780552779739 |
pub: | 2013 |