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Written by Markus Zusak - Audio book performed by Allan Corduner - Unabridged Fiction - 11 COMPACT DISCS - 13 hours, 50 minutes

Publisher, Listening Library (September 2006)

NOTE: This audio book is in 'standard retail packaging.'

Recommended for Ages 12 & up

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It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.

About the Author: "I always had stories in my head. So I started writing them." --Markus Zusak

About the Author: Markus Zusak received the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Award for I Am the Messenger. He lives in Sydney, where he writes, occasionally works a real job, and plays on a soccer team that never wins.

About the Performer: Allan Corduner starred as Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy Tiny. Over 3o other films include The Merchant of Venice, The White Countess. The Grey Zone, Moonlight Mile, and lint'. He has extensive theatre credits on Broadway and in London's West End.