The Book Thief

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historical novel novel young adult novel

The Book Thief is a historical novel by Markus Zusak, narrated by Death and set in Nazi Germany, that follows a young girl's relationship with books amid the horrors of World War II.

Aliases (1)

The Book Thief (film) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel → novel → young adult novel →
adaptedAs	The Book Thief (film) →
author	Markus Zusak →
awarded	Kathleen Mitchell Award → Michael L. Printz Honor → National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature →
centralConflict	Liesel’s struggle to understand loss and injustice →
centralMotif	bombing raids → book stealing → reading →
countryOfOrigin	Australia →
filmAdaptationDirector	Brian Percival →
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	2013 →
firstPublicationCountry	Australia →
genre	Holocaust literature → historical fiction → war novel → young adult literature →
ISBN	978-0-375-84220-7 →
mainCharacter	Hans Hubermann → Liesel Meminger → Max Vandenburg → Rosa Hubermann → Rudy Steiner →
narrativeDevice	personification of Death →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
narrator	Death →
notableFor	depiction of civilian life in Nazi Germany → unconventional narrator →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCount	552 →
protagonist	Liesel Meminger →
publicationYear	2005 →
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf → Picador →
settingPeriod	World War II →
settingPlace	Molching → Nazi Germany →
targetAudience	young adults →
theme	courage → death → friendship → loss → power of words → war →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Geoffrey Rush → Heike Makatsch →	notableWork
The Book Thief ("The Book Thief (film)") →	adaptedAs
Görlitz →	filmLocationFor