Rating: *****
Tags: Young Adult Fiction, Historical, Holocaust, Social Themes, Death & Dying, Family, Orphans & Foster Homes, Lang:en
Summary
The extraordinary #1 New York
Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture,
Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of
books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is
holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will
become busier still.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. 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. 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.