Markus Zusak
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books.
This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.