Description: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007, Trade Paperback)Item specificsConditionPre-owned book in good condition. Please see the photos of the book to see its condition.TypeNovelSignedNoNarrative TypeFictionPersonalizedNoCountry/Region of ManufactureUnited StatesISBN9780375842207Publication Year2007FormatTrade Paperback, PaperbackLanguageEnglishBook TitleBook ThiefAuthorMarkus ZusakPublisherAlfred A. Knopf, Random House Children's BooksGenreYoung Adult Fiction, Juvenile FictionTopicSocial Themes / Death & Dying, Historical / Holocaust, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Books & Libraries, Religious / Jewish, Historical / Europe, Historical / Military & WarsIntended AudienceYoung AdultsAbout this productProduct InformationDON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY , MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF . 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. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read . When Death has a story to tell, you listen. 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. "The kind of book that can be life-changing." -- The New York Times "Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank." -- USA TodayProduct IdentifiersPublisherAlfred A. Knopf, Random House Children's BooksISBN-100375842207ISBN-139780375842207eBay Product ID (ePID)57571668Product Key FeaturesBook TitleBook ThiefAuthorMarkus ZusakFormatTrade Paperback, PaperbackLanguageEnglishTopicSocial Themes / Death & Dying, Historical / Holocaust, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Books & Libraries, Religious / Jewish, Historical / Europe, Historical / Military & WarsIntended AudienceYoung AdultsPublication Year2007, 2000-2010GenreYoung Adult Fiction, Juvenile FictionDimensionsItem Length8inItem Height1.2inItem Width5.2inWeight15.4 OzItem Weight14.5 OzAdditional Product FeaturesAge Range12-17Lc Classification NumberPz7.Z837boo 2016Publication Date2007-09-11Grade fromSeventh GradeGrade toTwelfth GradeReviews"Brilliant and hugely ambitious...Some will argue that a book so difficult and sad may not be appropriate for teenage readers...Adults will probably like it (this one did), but it's a great young-adult novel...It's the kind of book that can be life-changing, because without ever denying the essential amorality and randomness of the natural order, The Book Thief offers us a believable hard-won hope...The hope we see in Liesel is unassailable, the kind you can hang on to in the midst of poverty and war and violence. Young readers need such alternatives to ideological rigidity, and such explorations of how stories matter. And so, come to think of it, do adults." - New York Times, May 14, 2006 " The Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader's mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night . It seems poised to become a classic." - USA Today "Zusak doesn't sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five : with grim, darkly consoling humor." - Time Magazine "Elegant, philosophical and moving...Beautiful and important." - Kirkus Reviews , Starred "This hefty volume is an achievement...a challenging book in both length and subject..." - Publisher's Weekly , Starred "One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years." - The Wall Street Journal "Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak's poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour de force to be not just read but inhabited." - The Horn Book Magazine , Starred "An extraordinary narrative." - School Library Journal , Starred " The Book Thief will be appreciated for Mr. Zusak's audacity, also on display in his earlier I Am the Messenger . It will be widely read and admired because it tells a story in which books become treasures. And because there's no arguing with a sentiment like that." - New York Times, "Brilliant and hugely ambitious...Some will argue that a book so difficult and sad may not be appropriate for teenage readers...Adults will probably like it (this one did), but it's a great young-adult novel...It's the kind of book that can be life-changing, because without ever denying the essential amorality and randomness of the natural order,The Book Thiefoffers us a believable hard-won hope...The hope we see in Liesel is unassailable, the kind you can hang on to in the midst of poverty and war and violence. Young readers need such alternatives to ideological rigidity, and such explorations of how stories matter. And so, come to think of it, do adults."-New York Times,May 14, 2006 "The Book Thiefis unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader's mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, butThe Book Thiefdeserves a place on the same shelf withThe Diary of a Young Girlby Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel'sNight. It seems poised to become a classic." -USA Today "Zusak doesn't sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did inSlaughterhouse-Five: with grim, darkly consoling humor." -Time Magazine "Elegant, philosophical and moving...Beautiful and important." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred "This hefty volume is an achievement...a challenging book in both length and subject..." -Publisher's Weekly, Starred "One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years." -The Wall Street Journal "Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak's poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour de force to be not just read but inhabited." -The Horn Book Magazine, Starred "An extraordinary narrative." -School Library Journal, Starred "The Book Thiefwill be appreciated for Mr. Zusak's audacity, also on display in his earlierI Am the Messenger. It will be widely read and admired because it tells a story in which books become treasures. And because there's no arguing with a sentiment like that." -New York Times From the Hardcover edition.Copyright Date2007Target AudienceYoung Adult AudienceLccn2015-478201Dewey Decimal[Fic]Dewey Edition23IllustratedYesNumber of Pages608 Pages, 592 Pages
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Book Title: Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Format: Trade Paperback, Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Social Themes / Death & Dying, Historical / Holocaust, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Books & Libraries, Religious / Jewish, Historical / Europe, Historical / Military & Wars
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Random House Children's Books
Intended Audience: Young Adults
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
