NPR's John Ydstie interviews Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, a novel set in World War II Germany with Death himself as the narrator. The book tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a young ...

But he’s even busier in The Book Thief – narrating the sad tale of 11-year-old Liesel Meminger as she comes of age during the darkest chapter of the 20th Century.

Here The Book Thief is being published simultaneously for both teenage readers and for adults, ... In 1939, nine-year-old Liesel is being taken to live with foster parents in Molching, ...

It was also adapted into the 2013 feature film, The Book Thief. The book is a story narrated by a compassionate Death who tells us about Liesel, a girl growing up in Germany during World War II.