The book thief

The book thief

by Zusak, Markus

Type Book
Rate 0.0 /5

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.

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Title Statements

  • Full title :The book thief / by Markus Zusak.

Summary

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.

Read More ↓

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.
  • Edition:1st American ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Alfred A. Knopf
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (552 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780307433848, 0307433846, 0375831002, 9780375831003
  • oclc:ocn669202076
  • LC Classification:PZ7.Z837
  • Dewey Decimal:823/.92

Table of Contents

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) -- Ru…

Read More ↓

Subjects

Allemagne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. po… Art de conter -- Romans, nouvelles, etc… Books and reading Books and reading -- Fiction Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction Death -- Fiction Death (Personification) Death (Personification) -- Juvenile fic… Downloadable books Fiction Germany Germany -- Fiction. -- History Germany -- Juvenile fiction. -- History… Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Romans, n… Historical fiction History Holocaust Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Juveni… Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Romans, nouvel… Jews

Writers

Zusak, Markus

More from this Series

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

  • The Book Thief -- (.epub)

    EPUB · 1.1 MB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.pdf)

    PDF · 5.4 MB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.epub)

    EPUB · 3.2 MB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.epub)

    EPUB · 4.1 MB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.epub)

    EPUB · 3.8 MB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.pdf)

    PDF · 4.2 MB · updated
    Login →

  • Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses The Book Thief, by Ma…

    EPUB · 273.6 KB · updated
    Login →

  • The Book Thief -- (.pdf)

    PDF · 17.6 MB · updated
    Login →
Log in to request a copy