Markus Zusak

Jan 21, 2025 | kirkusreviews.com | Markus Zusak |Stephanie Johnson |Brandon Stanton |

A self-deprecating tale of dog-ownership mayhem that is sure to win over many a reader. In his first work of nonfiction, Zusak, the Australian author of the novels The Book Thief and The Messenger, offers a glimpse of his private life in Sydney, where his family has lived in thrall, as he would tell it, to the parade of highly idiosyncratic animals that have shared their home.

Jan 10, 2025 | capitaldaily.ca | John Vaillant |Lauren Roberts |Holly Jackson |Markus Zusak

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Jan 5, 2025 | smh.com.au | Markus Zusak

By markus zusak January 6, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There were definite advantages to our mum being a suburban house cleaner, or cleaning lady. If my siblings or I were ever off sick from school, we might enter those other-worldly houses. Sure, there were plenty of modest ones, too, but even then there might be a pool table, or an adorable cocker spaniel. But mostly, we waited for summer.

Dec 27, 2024 | smh.com.au | Markus Zusak

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. John Marsden was and is the S.E. Hinton of Australian literature – we should probably start there. Just as whole generations worldwide recall devouring Hinton’s The Outsiders, so do at least a few generations of Australians recall their relationship with Tomorrow When the War Began – all seven books of the series. Not to mention everything else John Marsden created.

Dec 1, 2024 | schooldaysmagazine.com | Markus Zusak

To sum it up in one world chaos. In the opening pages the author is having trouble with his dog, Frosty. Zusak had tried to negotiate the signal controlled pedestrian crossing, but Frosty had other ideas. Frosty is intent on charging into the dogs walking towards him. Eventually, after two attempts to cross the road, Zucak scolds Frosty for his misbehaviour and they continue walking to the park. Continuing, the reader is taken to the beginning of the 2000s.