The extraordinary #1&nbsp;<i>New York Times</i>&nbsp;bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.<br><br>It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.<br><br>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.<br><br>In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of<i>I Am the Messenger,</i> has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.