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Two powerful modern classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author Markus Zusak. The Book Thief affirms the ability of…
books to feed the soul even in the bleakest of times in a story the New York Times described as “brilliant. . . . the kind of book that can be life-changing.” I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love, which School Library Journal called “unpretentious, well conceived, and appropriately raw” in a starred review. Markus Zusak is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens, and together, these two stories form an extraordinary collection to showcase the intensity and heart inherent in his storytelling.
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Movie and television tie-ins, War stories
Human-narrated audio
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to…
a concentration camp. She befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. For Junior and Senior High readers. Some strong language. 2007.
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Movie and television tie-ins, War stories
Automated braille
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 neighbours. For Junior High readers. Some strong language. 2005.
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Historical fiction, General fiction, War stories, Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction
Human-narrated audio
Death narrates the tale of nine-year-old Liesel from 1939 to 1943 in Nazi Germany. Liesel copes with a foster family,…
air raids, her friend Rudy, and a hidden Jew, sustained by the books she steals. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2006
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
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It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier…
still. 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. 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.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
General fiction, Historical fiction, War stories, Multi-cultural fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
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.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Two award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author Markus Zusak! The Book Thief affirms the ability of…
books to feed the soul even in the bleakest of times in a story the New York Times described as “brilliant... the kind of book that can be life-changing.” It is 1939. Nazi Germany. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. 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. I Am the Messenger is a Printz Honor-winning novel and recipient of five starred reviews that tells the story of Ed Kennedy, an underage cabdriver without much of a future. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first ace arrives in the mail. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission? Discover the enormous talent that is Marcus Zusak in this extraordinary collection that showcases the intensity and heart inherent in his storytelling.