46. The keep by Jennifer Egan

Author: Egan, Jennifer.

Title: The keep

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

Edition: 1st ed.

Description: 239 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cousins -- Fiction


• Prisoners -- Fiction


• Europe, Eastern -- Fiction.

Meeting to be held: Sept. 5, 2007

45. The book thief by Markus Zusak

Author: Zusak, Markus.

Title: The book thief

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

Edition: 1st American ed.

Description: 552 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Summary: 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.

Subject(s):

• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
• Books and reading -- Fiction.
• Storytelling -- Fiction.
• Death -- Fiction.
• Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Fiction.

Meeting held: August 8, 2007