![]() ![]() Winning a slew of awards, mostly in the Young Adult category, and selling at least a million copies, The Book Thief has monumentally increased this author's fame ( Source). It's Australian author Markus Zusak's fifth novel, and it emerged on the scene when Zusak was only thirty years old. The Book Thief was first published in Australia in 2005 and in the US in 2006. Regime, the characters grow and change in horrible (and also beautiful) ways. ![]() But the plot doesn't only revolve around late-night library heists: when Liesel's foster parentsÄecide to give refuge to a young Jewish man hiding from the Nazi She's the chief book thief-but by no means the only book thief-in the novel. This young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany is the star of the show. But we love Liesel Meminger, and we root for her and her thieving ways throughout her tale. If you got caught stealing books today, you'd get in serious trouble (or at least accumulate a staggering library fine). ![]() And the books she's stealing aren't top-secret documents- they're just. ![]() Yep, a ten-year-old girl is the title's thief. But really, this is the emotional story of a young girl living in Germany during the Holocaust. Based on its title, you might think that The Book Thief is a spy thriller or a Holmes-style detective story. ![]()
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