The Book Thief
“A small fact: You are going to die.... does this worry you?” Death ⛰ What It's About Death narrates the story of a girl living in Nazi Germany: Liesel Meminger, a 9 year-old orphan who has never seen her father and is taken to her foster parents after her brother's death and her mother's endangerment. Her accordion-playing foster father, Hans, who is the best and kindest foster father ever according to my readings, quickly becomes close to her by teaching her how to read and write. Her foster mother, Rosa, has a big heart although she swears a lot, often calling everyone "Saukerl" or "Saumensch". We get to know how Liesel's life progresses as she makes new friends in the neighborhood such as Rudy, Jessie Owens' keenest fan, and how she jump-started her career in book thievery after her foster father taught her reading. The plot begins when Max Vandenberg, a Jew whose father saved Hans' life before, asks Hans a favor; he asks Hans to hide h...