The book thief

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The work The book thief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State 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

Markus Zusak

Creator

• Zusak, Markus
• trueZusak, Markus

Subject

• trueBooks and reading
• Books and reading -- Fiction
• trueBooks to movies
• trueDeath
• trueDeath (Personification)
• Death (Personification) -- Fiction
• trueFoster family
• trueFriendship
• trueGermany -- History -- 1933-1945
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
• trueGirl orphans
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945) -- Germany
• Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
• trueJews, German -- History -- 1933-1945
• Large type books
• trueLoss (Psychology)
• trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
• trueRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Fiction
• trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue
• Storytelling -- Fiction
• trueAustralian fiction
• trueBook thefts

Genre

• Fiction
• trueAustralian fiction
• trueBooks to movies
• trueHistorical 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

Theme

• trueLife during wartime

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueHaunting

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueStylistically complex
• trueLyrical

Character

• trueWell-developed
• trueReligiously diverse

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
• YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2009
• YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2006.
• Great American Read, 2018.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

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

730

Literary form

fiction

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

• 9
• 12

Target audience

adolescent