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Description: ISBN 0375831002 / Author: Markus Zusak / Genre: Fiction / Grade 9 Up–Zusak has created a work that deserves the attention of ... more
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak ... sophisticated teen and adult readers. Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book–although she has not yet learned how to read–and her foster father uses it, The Gravediggers Handbook, to lull her to sleep when shes roused by regular nightmares about her younger brothers death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayors reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward. Death is not a sentimental storyteller, but he does attend to an array of satisfying details, giving Liesels story all the nuances of chance, folly, and fulfilled expectation that it deserves. An extraordinary narrative.

Newest Review: ... story is narrated by 'Death' and is about a girl who is living in Germany during world war two and sees all the horrific ... more

 ... things happening around her and in her life. The girl, Liesel has a love for books and steals them from book burnings and a lady who she delivers clothes to. She also gets up to mischief and makes lots of friends. She also finds herself hiding a Jew from the Nazi's and her basement. I won't say anymore I don't want to spoil it for you, but it is a truly gripping story which will have you book bound for hours. I will also warn you that it is very sad so have a box of tissues at the ready....more

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Lynsey100
Premium Review The Book Thief - Markus Zusak: Five Stars Are Not Enough! (743 words)
by Lynsey100 - written on 04.07.07 (Very useful, 133 readings)
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Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazis, the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother’s small, German town. He wanted to tell the story of “the other side of Nazi Germany”, about the rebellious children and people who didn’t follow the rules, and hid Jews in their houses. Since the publication of “The Book Thief”, Zusak has been dubbed a “literary phenomena” by Australian and American critics. This is a story narrated by Death. It is an interesting concept to have Death as a character with thoughts and feelings, and it actually works well. I particularly liked the image of Death gathering up souls in his arms and taking ...

sparkymarky1973
Premium Review The most heartwarming novel you will read all year.... (534 words)
by sparkymarky1973 - written on 19.04.07 (Very useful, 295 readings)
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This is without a doubt the most enchanting book I have read all year. Set during the second world war, the book is narrated by a very heart-warming interpretation of DEATH who spends his existence trying to find the beauty in the world through colours and attempting to make some kind of sense out of the human race and it's behaviour. DEATH becomes almost obsessed by a young girl named Liesel whom he has occassion to visit three times during the course of her life. Thus when he has a chance to save her thoughts, as written in a diary, from the wreckage of a bombed out building, he does so and the story that follows is a recount of her early days as a child ...

haz633
Premium Review The Book Thief - Markus Zusak: A sad gripping Story (155 words)
by haz633 - written on 27.08.08 (Useful, 7 readings)
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My mum brought me this book, now I don't tend to read a lot but once I had read the first chapter I was hooked. The story is narrated by 'Death' and is about a girl who is living in Germany during world war two and sees all the horrific things happening around her and in her life. The girl, Liesel has a love for books and steals them from book burnings and a lady who she delivers clothes to. She also gets up to mischief and makes lots of friends. She also finds herself hiding a Jew from the Nazi's and her basement. I won't say anymore I don't want to spoil it for you, but it is a truly gripping story which will have you book bound for hours. I ...

 

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