The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief is a novel by Markus Zusak, first published by Picador in Australia in 2005. Narrated by Death, it follows Liesel Meminger, a girl in Nazi Germany who steals books while her foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement.
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- Picador, Australia, 2005
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Check the title page and its reverse (the copyright page) against the edition: publisher, place and date should match, with no later printing or edition stated. Where we know the issue points, they are listed on the edition's page.
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- The Book Thief, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Markus Zusak, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Book Thief (Q819101), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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