Critical Praise
"Zusak doesn't sugercoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE: with grim, darkly consoling humor."
—Time
"Zusak's novel is a major achievement."
—People
“Exquisitely written. . . . A tour de force to be not just read but inhabited.”
—The Horn Book Magazine, Starred
“An EXTRAORDINARY narrative.”
—School Library Journal, starred review
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"Brilliant and hugely ambitious… It’s the kind of book that can be life changing."
——THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel’s Night. It seems poised to become a classic."
——USA TODAY
"Beautiful and important."
——KIRKUS REVIEWS, Starred
"An achievement."
——PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred