Books with author Markus Zusak

Some of us love books more than we love people. The Book Thief is the story of one such girl, whose only friends during the holocaust are books. Summary of the Book Lives have never been so fragile and cheap, it’s Nazi Germany. A young girl is living with a foster family outside Munich, meanwhile her parents are sent off to the concentration camp. The only thing that assuages her are books. She can’t resist them, thus it’s not food or clothing she steals, but books. She shares them with her neighbors and others during the bombing raids. The Book Thief is the mesmerising story of how the entire holocaust made a girl find her purpose of life and solace in books. About Markus Zusak Markus Zusak is an international bestselling Australian author. He has authored books like The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe and When Dogs Cry

"It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel 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 before he is marched to Dachau. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul."