The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

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.