The Book Thief (CD-Audio)

from kimberlyYAL

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or evil." Those are the words of the Buddha, and the prevailing theme in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is a historical fiction book that looks at World War II from a different po...

from MickyFine

In 1939 Germany, Liesel Meminger's life is changed when she picks up a book dropped by a gravedigger at her brother's funeral. Thus begins her career as a book thief and the growth of her utter love of words and reading that will lead her to steal books from book burnings, the mayor's house, and ...

from BoundTogetherForGood

I was amazed by this book when I read it. How could the author have been able to write it? Wow. Death is the narrator. But not in a creepy way. This 'Death' has as much compassion as he is able to have as he collects the souls of the departed; and boy, was he busy during WWII. What a shame. If I ...

from gkuhns

This wonderful book examines WWII from the perspective of poor, suburban Germans who find their own ways of surviving the Nazis with some measure of dignity. The book employs interesting metaphors to share the tale of young Liesel Meminger, the criminal of the title. Perhaps the most shocking met...

from incognito

I have to say, The Book Thief was sublime. 5 out of 5, as in I'll be reading it over and over. It's set in Hitler's Germany, narrated by Death - infinitely gentle, and loves to watch the sky - and is the story of a girl named Liesel and the people around her, including the Jewish man her foster p...