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Author Markus Zusak |
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After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.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. Liesel steals books. Narrated by death, this book is the story of: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical G[...]; Historical fiction ; History -- Germany -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction ; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12Trying 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.Markus Zusak, Author ; Trudy White, Author | New York (United States of America) : Alfred A. Knopf | 2016Trying 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.; AL- Main Library ; AL- Main Library ; AL- Main Library ; AL- Main Library ; AL- Main Library ; DU-Main Library ; DU-Main LibraryEn 1939, Liesel et son petit frère sont emmenés par leur mère en-dehors de Munich. En cours de trajet, Liesel voit le garçonnet mourir mais récupère un livre, Le Manuel du fossoyeur. Recueillie par un couple de braves gens, les Hubermann, la pet[...]En el pueblo vivía una niña que quería leer, un hombre que tocaba el acordeón y un joven judío que escribía bellos cuentos para escapar del horror de la guerra. Al cabo de un tiempo, la niña se convirtió en una ladrona que robaba libros y regal[...]La acción transcurre en la Alemania nazi y se centra en aquellos alemanes que se negaron a respaldar a Hitler. La Muerte es la narradora. El tema central: el extraordinario poder de las palabras