The Book Thief (Paperback)
From School Library JournalStarred Review. Grade 9 Up–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 he (more…)
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Powerful and moving
This is a book that sneaks up on you. You realize you are seeing the holocaust from a completely different perspective than you ever have and then it becomes apparent that this…
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i loved it!
I loved this book. you become entranced w/ the characters- i cried at the end- by far- one of my all time favorites.
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Okayy..
It was a little long winded for no particular reason…
I liked the book but I think a little less detail would have made it more tolerable.
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Terrific read
This has been reviewed well enough in these pages that I will not go too deeply into it.
It is a very good book.
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Beautiful
This book kept me up at night, reading until my eyes were too heavy to fight. Read it. Inspiring and beautiful.
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Great Book!
This is probably the greatest book I have read in a really long time. It let’s you see the Holocaust from a different perspective.
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Absolutely beautiful story
This is an absolutely amazing story filled with such beautiful prose. I thoroughly enjoyed Death as the narrator. There are so many lessons to be learned.
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a wonderful read
The Book Thief is a tale of courage and survival in a time of madness. The author creates people very much like ourselves and our own neighbors who might have lived in a community…
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An ok read
I read this book because it was recommended to me by a close friend. However even before then, I’d heard of the book from others.
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The Book Thief
As a high school English teacher who was mesmerized by this book I am trying to think of ways to encourage my students to read it and not be put off by its length and subject…