In 1939 Nazi Germany, amidst the horrors of war, a young girl's life is transformed by the power of stolen words.

Liesel Meminger, a foster child living on the outskirts of Munich, begins a secret journey of book thievery. With the help of her gentle, accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read, finding solace in each stolen page.

As bombs rain down, she shares these precious stories with her terrified neighbors during raids and with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. Through whispered tales and shared secrets, they discover that words have the power to nourish the soul even in the darkest times.

Narrated by Death himself, this haunting story asks: Can the magic of books be enough to survive when the world is falling apart?