The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Book Review
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Written by Markus Zusak Published by Random House Children's Books in 2005 ISBN: 978-0375831003 Plot Summary: Death starts out as the narrator of the book and tells the story of how he met Liesel who is the book thief at 3 different times. Liesel is a girl who is riding with her mother and her brother in Nazi Germany when her brother dies. She steals her first book from the gravedigger. Liesel's mother decides that she will be safer with a foster family named Hans and Rosa Hubermann who slowly get Liesel to see herself as a member of the family. Liesel meets a boy named Rudy who becomes a good friend throughout the story. Hans teaches Liesel how to read which sparks her interest in books even more. A child who is a German Jew named Max comes to the Hubermanns for help as his dad had served with Max's dad in the army. He is hidden in the basement while the Nazi's are rounding up the Jews. Liesel steals books from a book burning, from a laundry customer's library wh