The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
reviewed by Mattison Interian
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the most amazing book I have read to date and really touched my heart. The book itself is narrated by Death which has really set this book apart from others. Zusak personifies Death and makes him compassionate towards people so that he almost seems fascinated with them. The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old girl living in Nazi Germany. Her first encounter with Death is the death of her brother, who was all she had left when her world was falling apart around her. Soon, Liesel moves in with her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Liesel meets Rudy Steiner and they become the best of friends. Liesel found comfort in books but because her foster family was poor, the only way to get books was to steal them. Hans teaches her how to read and write and this is what gets her through all the pain she has endured. But as the war goes on, things get worse for Liesel. The Hubermanns lose a lot of money housing a Jew named Max, which means that they have to make a lot of sacrifices to continue to make enough for the necessities, and then the bombings start. This book really opened my eyes to the struggle that those in Germany had to endure during the war and how they too suffered under the wrath of Hitler.
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