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===Markus Zusak is a combination of a novelist and a poet that leaves you breathless. His New York Times number one bestseller, //The Book Thief//, takes off in 1939 of Nazi Germany, smack dab in the middle of the holocaust. From the first page, the reader is instantly hypnotized by Zusak's intense imagery, heart wrenching irony, and a concoction of overwhelming terror and contentment. The author introduces Liesel Meminger, the Hubermanns, and the people of Molching, Germany through the eyes of Death, himself. Each chapter is laced with humor that makes the most unbearable circumstance something the reader cannot put down. Whether you are a jewish fist fighter, and extraordinarily lucky accordionist, or a stupid orphan, it is impossible not to chuckle and weep along with Markus Zusak's, //The Book Thief.//===