The Book Thief

Characters

• Liesel Meminger - Orphan adopded into the Huberman Family
• Hans Hubermam - The foster father of Liesel
• Rosa Hubermam - The foster mother of Liesle
• Max Vandenburg - Liesel's best friend
• Rudy Steiner - An exile Je who has nowhere to go

Conflict
Liesel encounters Max being marched to a concentration camp.


Resolution
Liesel begins writing her own story and then must learn to move on after all her family and friends are killed in a bomb raid.

Summary
n 1938, young orphan Liesel arrives at the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermam. When Hans, a kindly housepainter, learns that Liesel cannot read, he teaches the child the wonders of the written language. Liesel grows to love books, even rescuing one from a Nazi bonfire. Though Liesel's new family barely scrape by, their situation becomes even more precarious when they secretly shelter a Jewish boy whose father once saved Hans' life.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it if a very interesting book to read and keeps you ocupied.