If you're looking for a well-written, thought-provoking, fast-paced book with characters you really care about, look no further than this month's pick for high school students: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief is one of my daughter's favorite books, but it's one of my hardest sells when I try to get others to read it. Maybe it's the cover, maybe it's the subject matter. At any rate, Death narrates this award-winning story set in Nazi Germany. A young girl named Liesel stays with a foster family in working class Molching, Germany, where she learns a lot--how to read, how to survive, how to be part of a new family. You won't regret giving this book a try.
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Definitely a good book for discussing. We talked about the author's use of Death as narrator, his unusual color-filled descriptions, and the powerful emotional punch of the novel's characters.
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