Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Pages: 552
Published: Mar 14th 2006
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
We'd have this book lying around the house for some while. I know my mum had tried to read it but didn't really get caught up in it. I considered it for a while, but I've never really been into WWII books. We then got a list from the school about books to read over the summer and it was on that list. So I thought well, why not.
I was captured. I cried so much during this book. So much. But I laughed as well. If only Rudy could have gotten that one kiss. If only Max had not gotten so sick. If only that bomb hadn't dropped just then. If only...
Full with emotions, ideas and messages this book is worth a read. No matter if you like the genre or not. It is not actually that much about the war, but more about the relationships built up in the novel and they're not boring but full of joy and heart break. Definitely worth a read. Definitely.
Plot Summary:
Here's a small fact
You're going to die.
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding it's breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family of Himmel Street. Her parents have been away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants on her street when the bombs begin to fall.
Some important information
This novel is narrated by Death
it's a small story about:
a girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fist fighter
and quite a lot of book thievery.
Another thing you should know
Death will visit the book thief three times.
Favourite Quote:
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy who loves you.
My Rating:
10/10
I know I say this a lot, but I feel very strongly about this book.
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