October Middle Grade Book Club: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Ages 9-12

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Kids’ book blogger Jordan B. Nielsen of TheRustyKey.com will host a discussion hour based on the chapter book of the month. Club members will receive a 15% discount on each month’s selected book. October’s selection is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

About THE BOOK THIEF:

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel 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.

In 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.

About the Author:

Markus Zusak is the author of I Am the Messenger, a Printz Honor Book and Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist, and the international bestseller, The Book Thief, which has been translated into over thirty languages and has sold nine million copies around the world. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and children.