The Book Thief- End

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    I have just finished The Book Theif by Markus Zusak. In the end of the book, a lot of things happened. Max had to leave the basement because it was becoming too dangerous for him to be there. Later in the book, Liesel saw Max when a bunch of Jewish people were being marched through town and she chased him down which got her whipped by a solider. In the epilouge, Death also said that Max came to visit Liesel once the war was over and "...they hugged and cried and fell to the floor." The mayors wife came to visit Liesel and gave her a notebook because Liesel had sent her a note informing her that she could not steal her books anymore. Liesel then started going down to the basement every night to write and would often end up sleeping down there. At the end of the book, Molching (the town) was bombed while everyone was sleeping and unfortunately, since no one could get to shelter because they were asleep, everyone died. Except Liesel because she was in the basement. The last chapter when Liesel was walking through Himmel Street after the bombing was incredibly. She found the dead bodies of her mother and father and she found Rudy and kissed him finally (during the book Rudy would always ask Liesel for a kiss). In the epilouge, it also explained that Liesel moved into the mayors house.

    I really loved this book. The last chapters made me cry and the entire book made me smile. I highly recommend this book!!!!

The Book Thief- Middle

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   I am in the middle of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The book is following Liesel and everyone else on Himmel Street (the street she lives on now) because that is really the center of her life. Liesel has been stealing books from the mayors house and has developed a strange relationship with the mayors wife, who knows she is stealing books and is letting her. Liesel's and her foster father, Hans, has a very good relationship and Liesel and her mother, Rosa, also have a good relationship even though Rosa doesn't show it. Liesel also has a best friend named Rudy who is her neighbor. Also, a Jewish man named Max Vandenburg has come to live in the basement of Liesel's house which adds an interesting twist to the story. So far Liesel and Max have a really sweet relationship which I can wait to read more about.

   So far I am really loving this book. I really like that the narrator is Death because it gives a very interesting and creative aspect to the book but Death is also removed so its not all very narrated. I love seeing the all the relationships that Liesel has and you can really see through her eyes into her world. Liesel has a fairly normal life and her life isn't all about the war like some books about this time period even though it was a very important time. I really like this aspect of the book because it involves the war but also gives you the view of what all the 11 year old German girls were doing. I can't wait to keep reading this book and so far highly recommend it!

The Book Thief- Beginning

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    I just started a new book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The book is about a German eleven year old girl named Liesel Meminger in 1939. At the beginning of the book, Liesel and her brother are being taken by their mother to a foster home because her mother is very poor and wants a better life for her children. Unfortunately, on the way to the foster home, her brother passes away and Liesel and her mother have to stop and bury the little boy. (This is not a spoiler because it happens within the first 20 or so pages.) When she is there she steals a book that the gravediggers dropped called the Gravediggers Handbook and then they continue on to the foster home. Once at the foster home her mother leaves and the story continues.
    Right off the bat I found I really liked this book. For the first part, I am almost positive the narrator is Death but I am not completely sure because I am not that far into the book yet. So far I really like the book and can tell that the writing is really great. I can't wait to keep reading the book!