#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó ONE OF TIME MAGAZINEΓÇÖS 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary,beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tellyou listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busierand will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munichwho scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she canΓÇÖt resistΓÇôbooks. With the help of her accordion-playing foster fathershe 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 intensityaward-winning author Markus Zusakauthor of I Am the Messengerhas given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. ΓÇ£The kind of book that can be life-changing.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe New York Times ΓÇ£Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöUSA Today DONΓÇÖT MISS BRIDGE OF CLAYMARKUS ZUSAKΓÇÖS FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.