Liesel Meminger begins the life of her mind the night she rescues a smoldering book from the dying embers of a bonfire. Nine-year-old Liesel (played by Sophie Nélisse), in her Hitler Youth uniform, is ...

Based on the 2005 best-selling young adult novel by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief is the latest film to introduce children to the atrocities of World War II and Nazi Germany. Through the eyes of a ...

Book burnings. Trains crammed with starving people. Forced, barefoot marches through the snow. The stories of Nazi Germany are ones everyone knows. But wait a second. This is just Liesel Meminger's ...

Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse) arrives in Germany at the age of 9. Her mother has given her up for adoption, saving her from the Nazis, but her brother—also selected by her adoptive parents to have ...

Markus Zusak’s “The Book Thief” is the emotional story of finding family and love. Set during the Holocaust, Death narrates the story of Liesel Meminger and the boy-next-door, Rudy Steiner. Liesel and ...

In this new musical adaptation of The Book Thief, Jewish boxer Max asks 12-year-old Liesel Meminger what she thinks are the most dangerous weapons in the world. “Bombs?” guesses Lisel. Max disagrees.

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush stars as Hans Hubermann in director Brian Percival’s big screen version of the critically acclaimed novel THE BOOK THIEF . In 1939, 12-year-old Liesel Meminger is ...

Successful young-adult novels more often then not involve vampires, magic, sci-fi or fantasy worlds. The beloved 2006 international best-seller "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak instead relies on the ...

Exclusive: Get a first look at The Book Thief musical before it plays in Coventry and Leicester next month. The musical, based on Markus Zusak’s 2005 novel of the same name, follows Liesel Meminger, ...

Nélisse, a French Canadian, took on the role of Liesel Meminger in 2013's The Book Thief, a movie adaptation of Markus Zusak's bestselling 2006 novel. When Liesel was sent to live with foster parents ...