The Book Thief

just finished it yesterday.

i'd bought it quite a while back--maybe a year and a half or so? i knew i wanted to read it, but never got around to it. then, during a professional development day, our facilitator had us read the prologue for an activity.

i decided to use the same activity with my kids because i loved it (and that excerpt from the book) so much.

then, i started reading.

i was in the middle of another novel, but that really didn't matter. because The Book Thief totally ROCKED.

i can't recommend it enough. i've only read one other book by Markus Zusak, and it was wonderful as well. but this book was just...really beautiful. and it's so appropriate for young adults. after we did the activity with the prologue in class, i had about six kids show up with the book in tow over the rest of the course of the week. and they really seem to be enjoying it so far. that makes me incredibly excited to be an english teacher. :)

THE BOOK THIEF
by Markus Zusak