The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, now a modern classic. 'A novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told' - Guardian 'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' - New York Times 'Extraordinary' - Telegraph BRIDGE OF CLAY, the new novel by Markus Zusak, is out this October 2018 in hardback. HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.
Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.