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The book thief

Zusak, Markus2019
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It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.Death has never been busier, and will become busier 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.
Main title:
The book thief / Markus Zusak.
Author:
Edition:
Picador edition.
Imprint:
Sydney, New South Wales : Picador/Pan Macmillan Australia, 2019.©2005
Collation:
584 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781760783693 (paperback)1760783692 (paperback)
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
1936802
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