Book Report On The Book Thief

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The book “The Book Thief” had a very good starting. When I started to read it, I was a little confused by the name of the book, but then I figured what the meaning of the book’s title. The author had introduced a couple of characters and their characteristics. I realized the major celebration in the book is celebrating Hitler’s birthday and someone would go out and steal a book then burn it. As of right now, I didn’t realize what the point of stealing books and burning them is. The book is describing and explaining the condition of the German’s life and their country’s situation in World War 2. The book describes about how Hitler was a big dictator and try to expand Germany by taking over the other European country. The book explains based

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