In earthy, working-class dialect, Australian novelist Zusak offers a lot of sports action as well as a sensitive inspection of sibling relationships and family pride. Times are tough for the Wolfe family now that Mr. Wolfe, a plumber, has been...
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Markus Zusak, Author . Scholastic/Push $6.99 (207p) ISBN 978-0-439-24187-8
"In earthy working-class dialect, Australian novelist Zusak offers a lot of boxing action as well as a sensitive inspection of sibling relationship and family pride," wrote PW. Ages 13-up. (June)
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Markus Zusak, Author . Knopf $16.95 (357p) ISBN 978-0-375-83099-0
Australian cabdriver Ed Kennedy is 19, aimlessly lurching into adulthood when he thwarts a bank robbery in the hilarious opening scene of this gritty, gripping and ultimately romantic mystery. Ed's 15 minutes of fame set his life in a new...
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Markus Zusak, Author . Knopf $16.95 (552p) ISBN 978-0-375-83100-3
This hefty volume is an achievement—a challenging book in both length and subject, and best suited to sophisticated older readers. The narrator is Death himself, a companionable if sarcastic fellow, who travels the globe "handing souls to...
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Markus Zusak, Author Arthur A. Levine Books $16.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-439-38949-5
Octavia is narrator Cameron's first real girlfriend, but she is also the latest casualty of his womanizing older brother, Ruben (from Fighting Ruben Wolff), in Marcus Zusak's sequel, Getting the Girl. ""Rube"" is a compassionate friend to his...
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Markus Zusak, Author, Allan Corduner, Read by , read by Allan Corduner. Listening Library $51 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-3727-1
Corduner uses considerable zeal and a talent for accents to navigate Zusak's compelling, challenging novel set in Nazi Germany. Death serves as knowing narrator for the tale, which is framed much like a lengthy flashback. The storytelling...
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Markus Zusak, Author, Marc Aden Gray, Read by , read by Marc Aden Gray. Listening Library $45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-3729-5
Two Aussie slackers stumble into a bank robbery, and inadvertently prevent it, bickering about their jalopy all the while. One of them, Ed Kennedy, a 19-year-old taxi driver, soon receives mysterious playing cards in the mail, and winds up taking on
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Markus Zusak. Knopf, $26.00 (544p) ISBN 978-0-375-84559-8
This exquisitely written multigenerational family saga by Zusak (The Book Thief), his first novel in 13 years, weaves the story of a missing father and a bridge-building brother. The five Dunbar brothers are beholden to only themselves after the...
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Marcus Zusak. Harper, $30 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-342607-8
In this heartrending memoir, novelist Zusak (The Book Thief) recounts his family’s love affair with three rowdy rescue dogs: Reuben, Archer, and Frosty. Writing after the last of the three died, Zusak—on the advice of his wife, Mika—processes his...
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