First-person narrative from Liesel's perspective offers intimate insight into the horrors of war
Illustrative of the power of books and stories to foster empathy and hope
Set in Nazi Germany during WWII for a gripping historical context
Award-winning novel translated into sixty-three languages for global readership
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It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Since its publication in 2005, The Book Thief has sold over seventeen million copies, been translated into sixty-three languages, and appeared at the top of favourite-reading lists, year after year, around the world.
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