Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner GuardianBrilliant and hugely ambitious New York TimesExtraordinary Telegraph___HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been bus...

Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner GuardianBrilliant and hugely ambitious New York TimesExtraordinary Telegraph___HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH___Over 16 million copies sold worldwide. Now a major motion picture.