Markus Zusak writes fiction for young adults and adults, often focusing on young people confronted by loss, loyalty and difficult moral choices. The Book Thief is narrated by Death and follows Liesel Meminger, a German girl growing up near Munich during the Second World War who steals books and shares words with the people around her while her foster family hides a Jewish man. I Am the Messenger moves to contemporary Australia, where a directionless young taxi driver begins receiving playing cards that send him towards strangers who need help. Bridge of Clay centres on five brothers and the family history that has shaped them. Zusak's novels are character-led and structurally playful, often using unusual narrators or fragmented chronology. His work spans historical fiction, contemporary coming-of-age stories and literary YA, alongside writers such as John Green and Patrick Ness. Read more Less
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