Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Summary: Narrated by Death, this poignant novel is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and follows Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living near Munich. Liesel finds solace from the horrors surrounding her by stealing books and sharing them with her neighbors and the Jewish man her foster family is hiding in their basement, celebrating the immense power of words to sustain the human spirit.