Markus Zusak

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.

From the bestselling author of The Book Thief Before The Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: The Underdog, Fighting Rueben Wolfe, and Getting the Girl. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their best and...

The storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, talks with MJ Franklin (MashReads) about his long-awaited new novel-an unforgettable and sweeping family saga. Featuring a reading from the novel by Brian Wiles (Billions). Only New York City appearance!

Liesel Meminger swoja pierwsza ksiazke kradnie podczas pogrzebu mlodszego brata. To dzieki ,,Podrecznikowi grabarza" uczy sie czytac i odkrywa moc slów. Pózniej przyjdzie czas na kolejne ksiazki: plonace na stosach nazistów, ukryte w biblioteczce zony burmistrza i wreszcie te wlasnorecznie napisane... Ale Liesel zyje w niebezpiecznych czasach. Kiedy jej przybrana rodzina udziela schronienia Zydowi, swiat dziewczynki zmienia sie na zawsze...

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses here people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: THE UNDERDOG, FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE, and GETTING THE GIRL. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their best and at their very worst. But when Cameron falls head over heels for Ruben's...

Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.