Special edition for the 10th anniversary with exclusive behind-the-scenes material from the author. It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country holds its breath. Death has never been busier – and will become even busier. At her brother's grave, Liesel's life changes forever when she picks up a single item left in the snow. It is the Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her first act of book theft. Thus begins Liesel's love affair with books and words, and soon she steals from the Nazi book burnings, from the mayor's wife's library – wherever books can be found. But these are dangerous times, and when Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will be the same again. In masterfully crafted prose that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has gifted us one of the most enduring stories of our time. Now a major film from Twentieth Century Fox.