![]() ![]() ![]() Ilsa takes a liking to Liesel: she witnesses Liesel stealing a book from the book burning and invites Liesel into her home library to read. Pricing was current when the post was published, however Amazon prices change often, so please check before you buy. An intelligent woman with her own library, Ilsa has spent decades mourning the death of her son Johann, who froze to death in 1918, the final year of World War I. 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.Įven if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download FREE applications for your PC, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, or Droid Phone. 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. ![]() Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia. The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013, Markus Zusak’s unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. I’ve read this book before and it’s a great read. Amazon has discounted the price on The Book Thief (Kindle Edition) to $2.90. ![]()
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