Markus Zusak
Author
Language
English
Description
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness. Meet Ed Kennedy₇underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he₂s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of...
Author
Language
English
Description
The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...
Author
Publisher
Editora Intrínseca
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
480 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Portuguese
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Cuarta reimpresión: septiembre de 2018.
Physical Desc
539 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Tratando de dar sentido a los horrores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Death relata la historia de Liesel, una joven alemana cuyos talentos para robar libros y contar historias ayudan a mantener a su familia y al hombre judío que esconden, así como a sus vecinos.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2002, c2000
Physical Desc
207 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Partly because of their family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring.
Author
Series
Blanvalet volume 37395
Publisher
Blanvalet
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Taschenbuchausg., 9. Aufl.
Physical Desc
587 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Molching bei München. Hans und Rosa Hubermann nehmen die kleine Liesel Meminger bei sich auf - für eine bescheidene Beihilfe, die ihnen die ersten Kriegsjahre kaum erträglicher macht. Für Liesel jedoch bricht eine Zeit voller Hoffnung, voll schieren Glücks an - in dem Augenblick, als sie zu stehlen beginnt. Anfangs ist es nur ein Buch, das im Schnee liegen geblieben ist. Dann eines, das sie aus dem Feuer rettet. Eine Diebin zu beherbergen, wäre...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.
