Description
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. Some important information – this novel is narrated by death.
Interest age: 13+
Reading age: 13+
Themes explored include: literacy and power, love and hate, horror and torment, war, happiness
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