Brief Summary Of Liesel's The Book Thief

Death is the narrator of this story and begins by explaining his work. He talks about how the first time he saw The Book Thief ( Liesel Meminger) was when her brother (Werner) died on a train and he took his soul. Liesel and her mother get off the train to bury Werner and this was the first time the Book Thief stole a book The Grave Diggers Handbook was found in the snow when one of the grave diggers dropped it. Her mom then took her to her new foster parents in Mulching on Himmel street. Liesel's new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Her mother is ill and her father has been to jail for being a communist. Starting out, she was very shy and didn't talk, but then she became more comfortable. Rosa is very strict, but she likes Hans because
Hans is slowly teaching Liesel how to read and write. Hitler's birthday is coming up and on the day of it, the whole town burns books of non-Aryan authors. This is when the book thief strikes a second time stealing The Shoulder Shrug. Liesel helps Rosa with her washing business, but is forced to go on her own because many of her customers are not being able to afford it due to the war. Hans Jr. and Trudy come over, but Hans Jr. starts to fight with his dad, accusing him of supporting Germany. A Jewish man named max is sitting in a room, starving when a man comes to give him food and tell him he got him an identification card. During rationing, Liesel and her friend Rudy fall in with a gang of teenagers which steal apples and other fruits from an orchard. Max takes a train to the Hubermann's house while reading MKPF to not raise suspicion. In a flashback, it explains how Hans and Max know each other. Hans was buddies with Max's dad during the WW1 and when he died, he told Max's mom if he ever need him to call. into another flashback Max explains how his best friend, Walter Kuglar, a Nazi, helped him into hiding until he could leave. Max lives in the basement. Him and Liesel compares nightmares and she brings him