The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 9781784162122

HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH

***** 'I loved every page of this book. So many great quotes, observations on humanity and images...I just didn't want it to end.

***** 'I loved this book. It is not only one of the best I've read this year, it is one of the best I've ever read.'

***** 'This is the sort of book the restores your faith in humanity and leaves you feeling uplifted, even when it makes you shed a tear.

"Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry." - Lisa Hilton, Sunday Telegraph

"...a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling...Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner." - Guardian

"A moving work which will make many eyes brim." - Marianne Brace, Independent on Sunday

"This is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: "There's a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work." The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction." - Lianne Kolirin, The Daily Express

"Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing" - New York Times Book Review

"...breathtakingly good." - Becky Stradwick, Buyer, Borders, The Bookseller

"A magical tale." - Elle

"...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch." - Angela Lockton, The Golden Treasury, London, The Bookseller

"A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity." - Alexandra Hamlyn, FT magazine

"Quirky, engaging and beautifully written" - Woman and Home