THE BOOK THIEF
THE BOOK THIEF MARKUS ZUSAK GENRE : HISTORICAL FICTION, WAR NOVEL, YA FICTION FIRST PUBLISHED : 2005 "Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would all smile at the beauty of destruction." Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death in Markus Zusak's book "The Book Thief" relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her foster family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Fortunately, this book isn't about Death; it's about death, and so much else. It is about love, kindness, friendship, trust, books, and lots of thievery. It is about finding small happiness during the dark times, and having faith in humanity. Liesel Meminger's little brother dies just before her mother leaves her with the foster parents in a dismal town in southern Germany (her father, a Communist, has been take