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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
The Book Thief canonical	17
The Book Thief (2013 film)	3
The Book Thief (film)	2
The Book Thief universe	2
Death (as narrator of The Book Thief)	1
Markus Zusak's novel "The Book Thief"	1
The Book Thief (2005 novel)	1
The Book Thief (2005)	1
The Book Thief (2013 film adaptation)	1
The Book Thief (novel)	1
The Book Thief (screenplay contribution)	1
The Book Thief: The Play	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Book Thief self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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