From Page To Screen (78) The Book Thief
This week on From Page to Screen I'll be tackling The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. First Let's Discuss The Book Here is a bit of back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. The Book Thief is a novel written by Author Markus Zusak and it was published originally in August 2005 by Picador in Australia and Knopf books in the US. The Book Thief is narrated by death and is set in Nazi Germany, a place and time when the narrator notes he was extremely busy. The story follows a young girl's relationship with her foster parents, the other residents of their neighborhood, and a young Jewish man named Max who hides in her home during the escalation of World War II.Since publication, the book has won numerous awards and it remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks. Let's take a look at some of the characters now Liesel Meminger - The protagonist of the story. She is an adopted young girl on the verge of adolescence, with blon...