Collection
Publication
Alfred A. Knopf (2007), Edition: Reprint, 592 pages
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Original publication date
2005
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2007)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2006)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2008)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — 2006)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2009)
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Winner — 2006)
Indies Choice Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2007)
Green Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
British Book Award (Shortlist — Newcomer — 2008)
USBBY Outstanding International Book (Grades 9-12 — 2007)
Garden State Teen Book Award (Winner — Grades 9-12 — 2009)
Thumbs Up! Award (Honor — 2007)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2010)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2009)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2009)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2014)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2008)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — High School — 2008)
Printz Award (Honor — 2007)
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Winner — 2007)
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (Nominee — 2008)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2008)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Winner — 2009)
Sakura Medal (High School — 2007)
Buxtehuder Bulle (2008)
Kathleen Mitchell Award (2006)
Ena Noël Award (Winner — 2008)
Sophie Brody Medal (Honorable Mention — 2007)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (24 — 2010)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2007)
CCBC Choices (2007)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (High School — 2006)
Around the world in 80 books (Germany)
OYAN Book Rave (2007)
The Big Jubilee Read (2005 — 2002-2011)
Language
Original language
English