{"product_id":"the-book-thief","title":"The Book Thief by Markus Zusak","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Death has a story to tell, you listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47334530056341,"sku":"9780375842207","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/3424\/8085\/files\/bloodoverbrighthaven_800x800px_-2026-05-06T134840.424.png?v=1778093333","url":"https:\/\/storiedbookery.com\/products\/the-book-thief","provider":"Storied Bookery \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}