IN-PERSON: Book Club “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
Date/Time
Thursday - Jul. 1, 2021
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Location
One Senior Place Greater Orlando
715 Douglas Avenue
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
To register call 407-949-6733 or email Kelli@OneSeniorPlace.com or send us a message in the chat box below.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.
By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery.
So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up, and closed down.
The Book Thief is a story about the power of words to make worlds. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.