Back/Inside Cover: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's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden int he 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 Jew 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 mose enduring stories of our time.
My Thoughts:
I haven't exactly finished the book yet,-I have a couple of chapters left I'll confess-but this is a great book. I'm reading it for school, and it's pretty good. Not exactly something I would usually read, but still just as captivating. It can get slow at some parts, but picks up pretty quickly. I'll give you a hint right now, Death is the narrator, I didn't figure this out for a couple chapters, call me slow, so I'm just telling you that right now. This book definitely lets you in to the world of the Jewish Hollocaust and tells the story pretty well. There is suspence, fear, comedy, well, a lot of emotions really. It's a good book, but definitely not as happy as others I've read.
Reccommendations for...:
Kids in high school. It's a mature book that doesn't give the gory details, but your imagination is more than enough to scare any younger audiences.
Price, genre, publisher, info:
US $11.99
CAN $15.99
Teen fiction
Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens
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