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Markus Zusak

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Australian author Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, about the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother's small, German town. He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell.

We have these images of the straight-marching lines of boys and the Heil Hitlers' and this idea that everyone in Germany was in it together. But there still were rebellious children and people who didn't follow the rules and people who hid Jews and other people in their houses. So there's another side to Nazi Germany, said Zusak in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald.

At the age of 30, Zusak has already asserted himself as one of today's most innovative and poetic novelists. With the publication of The Book Thief, he is now being dubbed a literary phenomenon' by Australian and U.S. critics. Zusak is the award-winning author of four previous books for young adults: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger, recipient of a 2006 Printz Honor for excellence in young adult literature. He lives in Sydney.

Available Books by Markus Zusak

	The Book Thief Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781405040426 RRP: $49.99 It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as L...
	When Dogs Cry Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330403733 RRP: $16.99 You're a bit of a lonely bastard, aren't you? said Rube. Yeah, I answered. I guess I am. But Cameron Wolfe is hungry. He's sick of being the filthy, torn, half-smiling, half-scowling underdog. He's finally met a girl. He's got words in his spirit. And now he's out to prove that there's nothing more beautiful than an underdog who's willing to stand up. A tough but ...
	The Messenger Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330424738 RRP: $19.99 Meet Ed Kennedy - cab driving prodigy, pathetic card player and useless at sex. He lives in a suburban shack, shares coffee with his dog, the Doorman, and he's in nervous love with Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence - until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace turns up. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes ...
	The Book Thief Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330423304 RRP: $19.95 It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger and her younger brother are being taken by their mother to live with a foster family outside Munich. Liesel's father was taken away on the breath of a single, unfamiliar word Kommunist and Liesel sees the fear of a similar fate in her mother's eyes. ...
	Fighting Ruben Wolfe Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781862917613 RRP: $14.99 The Wolfe family has fallen on hard times. Dad has been out of work for months, Mum works a night shift, Sarah gets drunk and Steve wants to leave his lunatic family. Cameron and Ruben turn to illegal boxing for the money the need and the self-respect they want. Nothing will ever be the same....
	The Underdog Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781862917606 RRP: $14.99 The Wolfe brothers, Cameron and Ruben, are a couple of low achievers from the suburbs who are desperate to be winners like their older brother Steve. Cameron dreams, falls in love with Rebecca, and then realises that he's a fighter, not a loser. Ages: 13+...
	The Messenger Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330363884 RRP: $16.95 Protect the diamonds, survive the clubs, dig deep through spades, feel the hearts . . . Meet Ed Kennedy - cab driving prodigy, pathetic card player and useless at sex (self-proclaimed). He lives in a suburban shack, shares coffee with his dog, the Doorman, and he's in nervous love with Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence - until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. ...

	Underdogs Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780545354424 RRP: $25.95 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 Book Thief Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780375842207 RRP: $16.95 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....
	I Am the Messenger Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780375836671 RRP: $14.95 The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffee-addicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out for the entire town per a visit from the mysterious Ace. Reprint....
	The Book Thief Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780375831003 RRP: $23.95 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....
	I Am the Messenger Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780375830990 RRP: $21.95 The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffee-addicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out for the entire town per a visit from the mysterious Ace....
	Getting the Girl Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780439389501 RRP: $11.95 Tired of being the underdog, Cameron Wolfe hungers to become something worthwhile and finally finds a girl with whom he can share his words and feelings--his popular brother Rube's ex-girlfriend. Reprint....
	The Book Thief Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780786290215 RRP: $45.95 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....

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	Fighting Ruben Wolfe Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781862914315 Ruben Wolfe and his younger brother Cameron are broke and desperate, but they know about fighting. One day they get recruited to an organised boxing racket and start to fight for a living. Gritty, real and often wryly funny, this book illuminated the emotional lives of boys growing up in a family with little more than pride and blood loyalty to support it. Ideal fiction for young adults....
	The Book Thief Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330364263 It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still . . . Liesel Meminger and her younger brother are being taken by their mother to live with a foster family outside Munich. Liesel's father was taken away on the breath of a single, unfamiliar word - Kommunist - and Liesel sees the fear of a similar fate in her mother's e...
	The Messenger Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330422635 Protect the diamonds, survive the clubs, dig deep through spades, feel the hearts... Meet Ed Kennedy cab driving prodigy, pathetic card player and useless at sex (self-proclaimed). He lives in a suburban shack, shares coffee with his dog, the Doorman, and he's in nervous love with Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. Th...
	The Underdog Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781862914131 Gotta Go for the Underdog! Boys are like dogs - ready to bite, bark, and beg to be given a chance to show their value . . . 'I vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever.' Cameron Wolfe is a dirty boy. He knows it. His brother Rube knows it, because he's one too. They could change - but what would it take? Ideal fict...
	When Dogs Cry Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780330363099 "You're a bit of a lonely bastard, aren't you?" said Rube. "Yeah," I answered. "I guess I am." But Cameron Wolfe is hungry. He's sick of being the filthy, torn, half-smiling, half-scowling underdog. He's finally met a girl. He's got words in his spirit. And now he's out to prove that there's nothing more beautiful than an underdog who'...

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