The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
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appears in Friendship, About Australia, and Historical Fiction.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be 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 behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins ...
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appears in Friendship, About Australia, and Historical Fiction.
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