The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2006
Word Count 118,933
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 106101, 18 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- History
- Jews
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction
- Germany
- Rescue
- Storytelling--Fiction
- Death--Fiction
- Death
- Germany--History--1933-1945--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Holocaust
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction
- 1933-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Storytelling
- Books and reading--Fiction
- Books and reading
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- ELA Text Exemplars, 9-10
- Holocaust and World War II
- Edgy Young Adult Fiction
- Grief and Loss Books
- Fiction Books, 9-10
- World War II, 6-12
- Code X
- Holocaust Literature
- SpringBoard, Grade 7 Unit 4
- SpringBoard, Grade 8 Unit 3
- Sample: StudyForge
- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
- Preventing Bias-Based Bullying Elem.
- Literature and Language Arts
- Jewish Children’s Experiences
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2023
Honor, 2007

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Winner, 2007

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2007

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2023
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2006
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