| Description |
584 pages. ; 20cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
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's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger'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 Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down |
| Notes |
First published: 2005 |
| Subject |
Books and reading -- Fiction.
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Death -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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Nazis -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115191
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
White, Trudy, illustrator
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| ISBN |
1743515863 (paperback) |
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9781743515860 (paperback) |
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