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The book thief / by Markus Zusak.
It is 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up and closed down. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. -- Provided by book's back.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385755566
- ISBN: 0375831002
- ISBN: 9780375831003
- ISBN: 0375931007
- ISBN: 9780375931000
- ISBN: 9780375842207
- ISBN: 0375842209
- ISBN: 9781480624894
- ISBN: 1480624896
- ISBN: 9780606346566
- ISBN: 0606346562
- ISBN: 9780385754729
- ISBN: 0385754728
- ISBN: 9780756984403
- ISBN: 0756984408
- Physical Description: 552 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : A mountain range of rubble. Death and chocolate -- Beside the railway line -- The eclipse -- The flag -- Part one : The Grave Digger's Handbook. Arrival on Himmel Street -- Growing up a Saumensch -- The woman with the iron fist -- The kiss (A childhood decision maker) -- The Jesse Owens incident -- The other side of sandpaper -- The smell of friendship -- The heavyweight champion of the school-yard -- Part two : The shoulder shrug. A girl made of darkness -- The joy of cigarettes -- The town walker -- Dead letters -- Hitler's birthday, 1940 -- 100 percent pure German sweat -- The gates of thievery -- Book of fire -- Part three : Mein Kampf. The way home -- The mayor's library -- Enter the struggler -- The attributes of summer -- The Aryan shopkeeper -- The struggler, continued -- Tricksters -- The struggler, concluded -- Part four : The standover man. The accordionist (The secret life of Hans Hubermann) -- A good girl -- A short history of the Jewish fist fighter -- The wrath of Rosa -- Liesel's lecture -- The sleeper -- The swapping of nightmares -- Pages from the basement -- Part five : The whistler. The floating book (Part 1) -- The gamblers (a seven-sided die) -- Rudy's youth -- The losers -- Sketches -- The whistler and the shoes -- Three acts of stupidity by Rudy Steiner -- The floating book (Part 2) -- Part six : The dream carrier. Death's diary : 1942 -- The snowman -- Thirteen presents -- Fresh air, an old nightmare, and what to do with a Jewish corpse -- Death's diary : Cologne -- The visitor -- The Schmunzeler -- Death's diary : the Parisians -- Part seven : The complete Duden dictionary and thesaurus. Champagne and accordions -- The trilogy -- The sound of sirens -- The sky stealer -- Frau Holtzapfel's offer -- The long walk to Dachau -- Peace -- The idiot and the coat men -- Part eight : The word shaker. Dominoes and darkness -- The thought of Rudy naked -- Punishment -- The promise keeper's wife -- The collector -- The bread eaters -- The hidden sketchbook -- The anarchist's suit collection -- Part nine : The last human stranger. The next temptation -- The cardplayer -- The snows of Stalingrad -- The ageless brother -- The accident -- The bitter taste of questions -- One toolbox, one bleeder, one bear -- Homecoming -- Part ten : The book thief. The end of the world (Part 1) -- The ninety-eighth day -- The war maker -- Way of the words -- Confessions -- Ilsa Hermann's little black book -- The rib-cage planes -- The end of the world (Part 2) -- Epilogue : The last color. Death and Liesel -- Wood in the afternoon -- Max -- The handover man. |
| Target Audience Note: | 730L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 5.1 18 18 106101 Reading Counts! 4.0. Reading Counts RC High School 4 26 Quiz: 39084 Guided reading level: NR. |
| Awards Note: | Michael L. Printz Award honor book, 2007 Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2007 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007 Sydney Taylor, 2007 |
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| Subject: | Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Juvenile fiction. Storytelling > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Fiction. Young adult fiction. Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Fiction. Books and reading > Fiction. Storytelling > Fiction. Death (Personification) > Fiction. Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Young adult fiction. Historical fiction > Young adult. Young adult fiction. War fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Altoona Area Public Library | YA ZUS (Text) | 33240005358505 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | YA ZUS (Text) | 33240005289742 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | ZUS (Text) | 33240004636364 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Claysburg Area Public Library | YAF Zus (Text) | 1OCLA000581152 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hollidaysburg Area Public Library | YAF Zus 2005 (Text) | 10HOL00006293/ | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hollidaysburg Area Public Library | YAF Zus 2006 (Text) | 10HOL000139471 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Roaring Spring Community Library | YAF Zus (Text) | 1OROA00104122A | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Williamsburg Public Library | FIC ZUS (Text) | 110WIL00646148 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
It is 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up and closed down. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. --
