2010 Lincoln Award Winner Nominee
This darkly humorous, compassionate story is set in World War II during the horrors of the Holocaust. Death himself narrates the tale of young Liesel Meminger. Death has come to claim her younger brother, and he watches as Liesel steals her first book, a gravedigger's manual, though she does not yet know how to read. Despite himself, Death becomes somewhat enamored of the young girl and follows her life. Liesel becomes obsessed with words - and stealing books as she begins a new life when she is placed in a foster home in Molching, Germany. It's her love of words, reading and writing that sustain her throughout her experiences in Nazi Germany. As Death follows Liesel's obsession with words, he ponders their power. He surmises that Hitler's rise was attributed partly to the power of his words. A senstive, beautifully crafted novel that would appeal to a sophisticated reader.
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