January, 1939. Germany. Country, catching breath. Never before death had so much work. And it will be yet more.A mother drives nine-year Лизель Мемингер and her cadet to the receiving parents under Munich, because their father anymore is not present - carried away him breathing of stranger and strange word "communist", and in the eyes of mother a girl sees fear before the same fate. In transit death visits a boy and notices first Лизель.So a girl appears on Химмель-штрассе - to the Celestial street. Whoever thought of this name, he had healthy sense of humour. Not that there was pure hell. No. But also in any way not paradise.A "book thief" is unlong history in that, among other, talked: about one girl| about different words| about an accordionist| about different fanatic Germans| about the Jewish scrapper| and about the great number of thefts. It is a book on force of words and capabilities of books to rear the soul.