The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Leisel saw the first book she ever stole near her brother’s grave. She quickly grabbed it, hid it and continued on her way to Molching to her new foster parents and her new life. It was there with the help of her foster father, Hans Huberman, that she learned to understand the words and her thirst for more books only grew. It was also here in the middle of Nazi Germany that she was given two books by the Jewish man, Max, who came to hide in the Huberman’s basement in the midst of World War II. She would speak her stolen words to calm neighbors during bomb raids. She would share her stolen books with her friend in the basement. She would grow during this time of turbulence in Germany all while Death stood among her, among everyone, watching and waiting to capture another soul. This novel showed the life of a young girl during World War II, in a town she was not accustomed to, who found solace in books. But it is so much more tha