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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

'it's just a small story, really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery ...' Narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Molching: When nine-year-old Liesel arrives outside the boxlike house of her new foster parents at 33 Himmel Street, she refuses to get out of the car. Liesel has been separated from her parents - 'Kommunists' - for ever, and at the burial of her little brother, she steals a gravedigger's instruction manual which she can't read. it is the beginning of her illustrious career. in the care of the Hubermans, Liesel befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens, and the mayor's wife, who hides from despair in her library. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the rich people for whom her fostermother does the ironing. in time, they take in a Jewish boxer, Max, who reads with Liesel in the basement. . By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares out her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day in the life of Himmel street, the wail of the sirens comes too late ... A life-changing tale of the cruel twists of fate and the coincidences on which all our lives hinge, this is also a joyous look at how books can nourish the soul. its uplifting ending will make all readers weep.

GenresBooks and readingFictionJewsGermanyHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945

584 pages, 68 editions

English edition · First published 2006 by Doubleday · ISBN 9780385611466

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Editions

60 editions

English

  • The Book Thief · Doubleday · 2007 · ISBN 9780385611466 · 8 readers This page
  • The Book Thief · Black Swan · 2008 · ISBN 9780552773898 · 1 reader
  • The Book Thief · Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group · 2026 · ISBN 9781420531152
  • The Book Thief · Playaway Products, LLC · 2024 · ISBN 9798822682023
  • The Book Thief · Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited · 2019 · ISBN 9781760783693
  • The Book Thief · Knopf · 2018 · ISBN 9780375978326
  • The Book Thief · knopf · 2016 · ISBN 9780375976841
  • The Book Thief · Transworld Digital · 2016 · ISBN 9781473541870
  • The Book Thief · Definitions · 2016 · ISBN 9781909531611
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf, New York · 2016 · ISBN 9780593377116
  • The Book Thief · Black Swan · 2016 · ISBN 9781784162122
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2016 · ISBN 9780399556524
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2016 · ISBN 9781101934180
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2016 · ISBN 9780375842207
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2016 · ISBN 9781417797387
  • The Book Thief · Listening Library · 2015 · ISBN 9780739337288
  • The Book Thief · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2015 · ISBN 9781514347546
  • The Book Thief · Random House Audiobooks · 2014 · ISBN 9781846573958
  • The Book Thief · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2014 · ISBN 9781500182625
  • The Book Thief · Lectorum Publications, Incorporated · 2014 · ISBN 9781632450524
  • The Book Thief · Random House Children's Books · 2013 · ISBN 9780385754873
  • The Book Thief · Black Swan · 2013 · ISBN 9780552779739
  • The Book Thief · Pan Macmillan Australia · 2013 · ISBN 9781743515860
  • The Book Thief · ABC/ Bolinda Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781486205523
  • The Book Thief · National Geographic Books · 2013 · ISBN 9780804168434
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2013 · ISBN 9780385755566
  • The Book Thief · Picador · 2013 · ISBN 9781742613314
  • The Book Thief · Black Swan · 2012 · ISBN 9780552778671
  • The Book Thief: Library Edition · Random House · 2012 · ISBN 9781615875825
  • The Book Thief - Teaching Unit · Prestwick House, Incorporated · 2012 · ISBN 9781620190630
  • The Book Thief · Listening Library · 2011 · ISBN 9780739348345
  • The Book Thief · Read How You Want/Accessible · 2011 · ISBN 9781459630970
  • The Book Thief · Picador Australia · 2010 · ISBN 9781405040426
  • The Book Thief · Baker & Taylor, CATS · 2009 · ISBN 9781439589052
  • The Book Thief · Random House Children's Books · 2009 · ISBN 9781407049168
  • The Book Thief · Definitions · 2008 · ISBN 9781862302914
  • The Book Thief · Definitions · 2008 · ISBN 9781407033327
  • The Book Thief · Transworld Publishers Limited · 2008 · ISBN 9780385613385
  • The Book Thief · Picador · 2008 · ISBN 9780330423304
  • The Book Thief · Definitions · 2008 · ISBN 9781407004440
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2007 · ISBN 9780756984403
  • The Book Thief · Pan Macmillan Australia · 2007 · ISBN 9781742624068
  • The Book Thief · Transworld Publ. Limited UK · 2007 · ISBN 9780552217491
  • The Book Thief · W.F. Howes Ltd · 2007 · ISBN 9781407405391
  • The Book Thief · Random House Children's Books · 2007 · ISBN 9781536409925
  • The Book Thief · Recorded Books, LLC · 2007 · ISBN 9781428123014
  • The Book Thief · The Bodley Head · 2007 · ISBN 9780370329215
  • The Book Thief · Transworld Publishers Limited · 2007 · ISBN 9780385612470
  • The Book Thief · Random House Digital Inc. · 2007 · ISBN 9780307433848
  • The Book Thief · Doubleday · 2007 · ISBN 9780385611473
  • The Book Thief · Transworld · 2007 · ISBN 9781407001661
  • The Book Thief · Listening Library · 2006 · ISBN 9780739337271
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2006 · ISBN 9781480624894
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2006 · ISBN 9780385754729
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2006 · ISBN 9780606346566
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · 2006 · ISBN 9780375931000
  • The Book Thief · Thorndike Press · 2006 · ISBN 9781410468062
  • The Book Thief · Thorndike Press · 2006 · ISBN 9780786290215
  • The Book Thief · Alfred A. Knopf · ISBN 9781489844613
  • The Book Thief: Bookpack Hang Bag · Random House · ISBN 9781467672757

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