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Markus Zusak: The Book Thief

(Fiction, 560 pp. 2006)

In this classic novel, an orphaned girl who steals books even before she knows how to read them comes to live with a foster family who turn out to be hiding a Jew in their basement.  

Discussion questions, Reading Group Guides

Discussion questions, the Union of Reform Judaism

Kirkus review

Review by Janet Maslin, New York Times, March 27, 2006

Review by John Green, New York Times, May 14, 2006

Main characters (from Wikipedia)

About the author

Interview with Markus Zukas (video: 4 min.)