Markus Zusak

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...

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.

Liesel Meminger swoja pierwsza ksiazke kradnie podczas pogrzebu mlodszego brata. To dzieki ,,Podrecznikowi grabarza" uczy sie czytac i odkrywa moc slów. Pózniej przyjdzie czas na kolejne ksiazki: plonace na stosach nazistów, ukryte w biblioteczce zony burmistrza i wreszcie te wlasnorecznie napisane... Ale Liesel zyje w niebezpiecznych czasach. Kiedy jej przybrana rodzina udziela schronienia Zydowi, swiat dziewczynki zmienia sie na zawsze...

After capturing a bank robber, 19-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.

Presents three novels in which two brothers, Ruben and Cameron Wolfe, strive to overcome the limitations of their family's poverty, taking jobs as fighters, and Cameron, the younger brother, tries to find love with his brother's ex-girlfriend.

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...

What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs, Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm? The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, bodily injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to...

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.