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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME<br><br>The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.<br><br>When Death has a story to tell, you listen.<br><br>It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.<br><br>Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.<br><br>In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.<br><br>"The kind of book that can be life-changing." -The New York Times<br><br>"Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank." -USA Today<br><br>DON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.<br><br>Author – Markus Zusak<br>Number of Pages – 608<br>Format – Trade Paperback<br>Publisher – RH Childrens Books<br>Published – 2007-09-11
