"'It's just a small story, really, about among other things a girl, some words, an accordionist, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery...'
Is is 1939. Nazi Germany. The Book Thief is narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Himmel Street:
When nine-year-old Liesel arrives outside the boxlike house of her new foster parents, she refuses to get out of the car. Liesel has been separated from her parents - ' Kommunists' - for ever, and at the burial of her little brother, she steals a gravedigger's instruction manual which she can't read. So begins a love affair with books and words, and her illustrious career.
In the care of the Hubermans, Liesel befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens.
She also befriends the mayor's wife, who hides from despair in her library. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. In time, the family hide a jewish Boxer, Max, who reads with Liesel in the basement.
By: 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares our her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day in the life of Himmel Street, the wail of the sirens comes too late..."
Is is 1939. Nazi Germany. The Book Thief is narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Himmel Street:
When nine-year-old Liesel arrives outside the boxlike house of her new foster parents, she refuses to get out of the car. Liesel has been separated from her parents - ' Kommunists' - for ever, and at the burial of her little brother, she steals a gravedigger's instruction manual which she can't read. So begins a love affair with books and words, and her illustrious career.
In the care of the Hubermans, Liesel befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens.
She also befriends the mayor's wife, who hides from despair in her library. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. In time, the family hide a jewish Boxer, Max, who reads with Liesel in the basement.
By: 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares our her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day in the life of Himmel Street, the wail of the sirens comes too late..."
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