Book Thief

<b>This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller features pages of bonus content including marked-up manuscript pages original sketches and pages from the author's writing notebook. <p/>Life-changing. --<i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/> <i>When Death has a story to tell you listen.</i> <p/> It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier and will become busier still. <p/> 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. <p/> In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity award-winning author Markus Zusak author of <i>I Am the Messenger </i> has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. <p/> Deserves a place on the same shelf with <i>The Diary of a Young Girl </i>by Anne Frank. --<i>USA Today</i> <p/><b>DON'T MISS <i>BRIDGE OF CLAY</i> MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE <i>THE BOOK THIEF</i>.</b>