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JULY 3, 2012

The Book Thief

Travel back to a time of danger when the On-the-Road at Starbuck’s Book Club visits the heart of Nazi Germany and an era of book burning.   Join us on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Starbucks in Oakwood to discuss Marcus Zusak’s acclaimed children’s novel, The Book Thief. Chosen in 2006 as the Publishers Weekly Best Children Book of the Year The Book Thief is a novel no adult should miss.

In Zusak’s novel Death tells the story of a girl he’s observed survive the dark, tragic era of the Nazis.   Liesel is a cunning book thief. Before she can read, she steals a book to remember her dead brother. When her kind, accordion-playing foster father teaches her how to read, Liesel‘s desire grows, along with her derring-do. Against blackest cruelty, she shares hope with friends and neighbors by reading these stolen stories.

To learn more about the book, check out reviews from the New York Times and the Guardian.   Check out the Random House Reader’s Guide and visit the Lit Lover’s for some thought provoking questions.

Meet the author, Marcus Zusak in print at Random House and the Guardian. You might also like to listen to his NPR interview with Diane Rehm or see a short interview on YouTube.

To learn about the Nazi book burning, try the following web sites:

•	OverDrive App Update
•	Get Ready for Summer
•	Mountains beyond Mountains
•	Planning Your Vegetable Garden
•	Opposing Viewpoints
•	The Accidental Tourist
•	April Is National Poetry Month
•	Book Discussions
•	Great Dayton Flood
•	My Stroke of Insight

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