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. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader's mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. And so, come to think of it, do adults.' - New York Times, ' The Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Young readers need such alternatives to ideological rigidity, and such explorations of how stories matter. 'Brilliant and hugely ambitiousâ€¦Some will argue that a book so difficult and sad may not be appropriate for teenage readersâ€¦Adults will probably like it (this one did), but it's a great young-adult novelâ€¦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 hopeâ€¦The hope we see in Liesel is unassailable, the kind you can hang on to in the midst of poverty and war and violence. '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 Today 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. 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. 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. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. 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. DON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak