The book thief

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The work The book thief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The book thief

Statement of responsibility

by Markus Zusak

Creator

• trueZusak, Markus

Subject

• trueBooks and reading
• Books and reading -- Fiction
• Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction
• trueDeath
• trueDeath (Personification)
• Death -- Fiction
• trueFoster family
• trueFriendship
• trueGerman people
• trueGermany
• trueGermany -- History -- 1933-1945
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGirl orphans
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945) -- Germany
• trueJewish people
• Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
• trueJews, German -- History -- 1933-1945
• trueLoss
• Loss (Psychology)
• trueRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
• Storytelling -- Fiction
• Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWestern European people
• trueWorld War II -- Jewish people | Rescue
• trueWorld War II
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Juvenile fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Fiction
• trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue
• trueBook thefts

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

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

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueHaunting
• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex
• trueLyrical
• trueCompelling

Character

• trueReligiously diverse
• trueWell-developed

Award

• Association of Jewish Libraries Teen Book Award, 2007.
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2006
• Book Sense Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 2007.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 9-12), 2009.
• Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, 2006.
• National Jewish Book Award, 2006.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2006.
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers, 2007.
• USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2007.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2007

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

730L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

UG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Reading level

5.1

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

adolescent