# The Book Thief - Hardcover

by **Markus Zusak** (Author)

**This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 _New York Times_ bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.**

"Life-changing." --_The New York Times_

_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.

"Deserves a place on the same shelf with _The Diary of a Young Girl_ by Anne Frank." --_USA Today_

**DON'T MISS _BRIDGE OF CLAY_, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE _THE BOOK THIEF_.**

### Author Biography

Markus Zusak is the internationally bestselling author of six novels, including _The Book Thief_ and most recently, _Bridge of Clay._ His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the _New York Times_ bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.

All of Zusak's books - including earlier titles, _The Underdog_, _Fighting Ruben Wolfe_, _When Dogs Cry_ (also titled _Getting the Girl_), and _The Messenger_ (or _I am the Messenger)_ - have been awarded numerous honors around the world, ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.

In 2013, _The Book Thief_ was made into a major motion picture, and in 2018 was voted one of America's all-time favorite books, achieving the 14th position on the _PBS Great American Read_. Also in 2018, _Bridge of Clay_ was selected as a best book of the year in publications ranging from _Entertainment Weekly_ to the _Wall Street Journal_.

Markus Zusak grew up in Sydney, Australia, and still lives there with his wife and two children.

**Number of Pages:** 592

**Dimensions:** 1.9 x 9.1 x 6.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 08, 2016

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