Books for Adults - The Book Thief

About the Book

The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year old girl fostered by a family on Himmel Street, Molching, Germany in the late 1930s. Liesel’s story includes her obsession with reading, her theft of books and the impact of the Second World War and anti-Jewish actions on the people of Himmel Street and is told to us by Death himself.

About the Author

Markus Zusak wrote The Book Thief after growing up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother’s small German town.

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