TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - The book thief / DA - ©2006. CY - New York : AU - Zusak, Markus. ET - 1st American ed. CN - PZ7.Z837 PB - Alfred A. Knopf, PP - New York : PY - ©2006. ID - 1411986 KW - Books and reading KW - Storytelling KW - Death (Personification) KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Jews KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Jews KW - Livres et lecture KW - Art de conter KW - Mort (Personnification) KW - Holocauste, 1939-1945 KW - Juifs KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Holocaust. KW - Books and reading. KW - Death (Personification) KW - Jews. KW - Storytelling. KW - Books and reading KW - Storytelling KW - Death KW - Jews KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Historical fiction. SN - 9780307433848 SN - 0307433846 SN - 0375831002 SN - 9780375831003 TI - The book thief / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=717271 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=717271 ER -