The Book Thief Av Markus Zusak

<p><b>SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author</b><br><i><br>It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still. <br></i><br>By her brother''s graveside, Liesel''s life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is <i>The Gravedigger''s Handbook</i>, and this is her first act of book thievery. So begins Liesel''s love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor''s wife''s library . . . wherever there are books to be found. <br><br>But these are dangerous times, and when Liesel''s foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will ever be the same again.<br><br>In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.<br><br>Now a major film from Twentieth-Century Fox starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.</p>