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The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013, 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.
About the Author
Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, , which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages - establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia. To date, Zusak has held the number one position at Amazon. com, Amazon. co. uk, the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia. His books, (also titled (or ) and have been awarded numerous honours ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers. Zusak's much-anticipated new novel, , is set for release in October 2018 in the USA, the UK and Australia, with foreign translations to follow.
