"Previously published in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in Australia by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Pty Ltd, Sydney, in 2005"--Title page verso. Includes anniversary bonus material: A new introduction by the author, Excerpts from the author's notebook, Handwritten notes from the manuscript, The author's original sketches. Also includes an excerpt of "Bridge of clay" by Markus Zusak.
Summary:
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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