false 19063 46 Death, a sardonic and articulate character who is afraid of humans, narrates this WWII coming-of-age story about faith, love, hope amidst tragedy. Zusak has created a work that deserves the attention of sophisticated teen and adult readers. Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book –- although she has not yet learned how to read -– and her foster father uses it, <i>The Gravediggers Handbook</i>, to lull her to sleep when she's roused by regular nightmares about her younger brother's death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayor's reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward. Death is not a sentimental storyteller, but he does attend to an array of satisfying details, giving Liesel's story all the nuances of chance, folly, and fulfilled expectation that it deserves. An extraordinary narrative. –Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA 878368 book 2005 The Book Thief total:35229|5:19603|4:10730|3:3635|2:862|1:399| 35229 153963 61045 10778 5 214 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 20:22:54 -0700 2007 Tue May 13 12:19:28 -0700 2008
If you love to read and if you love to care about the characters y...more...]]> 5 63 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 25 10:42:11 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 19 11:10:37 -0700 2009
Set in Germany in the years 1939-1943, The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, narrated by Death who has in his possession the book she wrote about these years. So, in a way, they are both book thieves. Liesel steals rand...more...]]> 5 86 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 17:39:56 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 11:10:30 -0700 2007
1) It's a Young Adult Book. I am an Adult. It can't be that good if it's written for young people.
2) It's about the Holocaust, and I think we've all heard enough about that. The auth...more...]]> 5 24 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 12 21:40:33 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 21:46:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 31 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 15:11:10 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 13:20:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 24 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 10:52:22 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 11:10:03 -0800 2008
I know that there are many people who love this book, authors who's book I lov...more...]]> 5 14 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 04 08:03:13 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 07:00:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 12 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 07 20:48:03 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 01 01:49:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 19 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 23:20:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 10:59:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 14 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 09:39:58 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:10:51 -0700 2008 I have seen this book everywhere. I'm finally ready to sit down and read it. Yippie!

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OK, I know that almost no one is going to agree with me, but I really didn't like this book. I hear about it everywhere and abo...more...]]> 5 9 false true Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 13:43:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:04:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 11 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 17:49:49 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 10:47:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 27 04:58:36 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 05:08:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 10 false false Tue Mar 25 18:04:20 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 12 17:12:20 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 18:04:05 -0700 2008
The Book Thief delivers.

But, probably not how you'd like. Unless bleak h...more...]]> 2 27 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 20:25:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 01:19:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 7 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 20 22:43:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 19 16:13:39 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 2 15 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 22 13:20:40 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 02 16:54:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Thu Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 24 16:22:18 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 16:22:46 -0700 2008 So here's yet another World War II book, yet another Holocaust book, yet another young adult book (though i'm not sure the classification is particularly apt in this case~it was originally published in the author's native Australia as an adult novel...), and yet another book i have to consider...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 13:42:56 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 13:42:56 -0700 2007
It was The Book Thief’s title and cover that made me pick it up, and it was the subject matter and award on the cover that...more...]]> 5 9 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 25 20:30:08 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 20:41:07 -0700 2007 more...]]>