{"product_id":"the-book-thief-by-markus-zusak-9781761774591","title":"The Book Thief","description":"\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\n\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 2005, The Book Thief has sold over seventeen million copies, been translated into sixty-three languages, and appeared at the top of favourite-reading lists, year after year, around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a generation, it has served to illuminate the unfathomable events of a horrifying time through the eyes of the youthful Liesel - where books, words and stories form a lens of deepest empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA defining literary classic of the twenty-first century, The Book Thief will continue to mesmerise readers for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiesel's brother dies on the children's journey to a new home. At his graveside, she steals a copy of The Gravedigger's Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first act of book thievery leads to Liesel's love affair with words. Soon she is stealing books wherever she can, from the mayor's wife's library to Nazi book burnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a young stranger in their basement, her world is both shut down and opened up in the most startling of ways. And Liesel will soon understand - the story of war is countless stories, and this one is only beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for The Book Thief:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Unsettling, thought-provoking, life-affirming, triumphant and tragic ... a novel of breathtaking scope' - GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A sweeping, poetic and beautifully crafted tale' - DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Distribution (MDL)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46779555053804,"sku":"9781761774591","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e7ce3b05a02cff61b520643749b72d6e.jpg?v=1756810144","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-book-thief-by-markus-zusak-9781761774591","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}