书名：The Book Thief偷书贼英版

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数730L

读者对象：12岁及以上

作者：Markus Zusak

出版社名称：Random House UK 

出版时间：2016 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9781784162122 

商品尺寸：19.8 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm 

包装：平装

页数：（以实物为准）The Book Thief《偷书贼》是澳大利亚畅销作家马克斯·苏萨克创作的一部反战文学作品，2006年被亚马逊网络书店评为年度选书。33岁的作者马克斯·苏萨克在平静描述中，将亲情、友情、爱情、战争、死亡、生存、欺骗、诚实这许多熟悉的字眼以完全不熟悉的方式展现出来。马克斯以自己的方式，歌颂着书籍和文字的力量。正是文字，将人性之美之善之丑之恶照得雪亮。

推荐理由：

1.曾登《纽约时报》青少年文学排行榜榜首，发行三个月销量就超越百万；

2.获奖无数，如美国图书馆协会Pintz奖，2006年Book Sense儿童文学类年度选书，犹太图书馆小说奖，澳大利亚图书产业奖等等；

3.关注社会热点问题，同时是一部优秀的青少年文学作品，适合各个年龄层的读者；

九岁小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟在战乱中被迫送到寄养家庭，但弟弟不幸死在旅途中，莉赛尔在弟弟冷清的丧礼后偷了一本掘墓工人的手册，为的是要纪念自己永远失去的家庭。寄养家庭位在慕尼黑凋蔽贫困的区域，大人彼此仇恨咒骂，老师狠毒无情，战火时时威胁人命。莉赛尔每晚抱着掘墓工人手册入睡，恶梦不断。养父为了让她安眠，于是为她朗诵手册内容，并开始教她识字。学会认字进而开始读书的莉赛尔，尽管生活艰苦，吃不饱穿不暖，却发现了一项比食物更让她难以抗拒的东西——书，她忍不住开始偷书，用偷来的书继续学习认字。从此莉赛尔进入了文字的奇妙世界，让她熬过了现实的苦难，也不可思议地帮助了周围同样承受苦难的人。

The Book Thiefcenters around the life of Liesel Meminger, a ten-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. Liesel’s experiences are narrated by Death, who describes both the beauty and destruction of life in this era.

After her brother’s death, Liesel arrives in a distraught state at the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. During her time there, she is exposed to the horror of the Nazi regime and struggles to find a way to preserve the innocence of her childhood in the midst of her destructive surroundings. As the political situation in Germany deteriorates, her foster parents hide a Jewish man named Max, putting the family in danger. Hans, who has developed a close relationship with Liesel, teaches her to read in secret. Recognizing the power of writing and sharing the written word, Liesel begins to not only steal books the Nazi party is looking to destroy, but also write her own stories and share the power of language with Max. As Liesel copes with the trauma of her past and the violent horrors of the war-torn world around her, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, the formation of a new family, and mostly, her life as a book thief.

Markus Zusak马克斯·苏萨克是澳大利亚著名小说家，著有许多畅销全球的青年小说读物。其作品广受全世界读者的青睐，被翻译为四十几种语言。他的代表作《偷书贼》曾经在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上停留十年之久。

Markus Zusakwas born in 1975 and is the author of five books, including the international bestseller,The Book Thief, which is translated into more than forty languages. First released in 2005,The Book Thief has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and still remains there to this day. In 2014, Zusak received the American Library Association’s Margaret Edwards award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature, for his body of work ranging fromThe Underdog up toThe The Book Thief.