Part One starts with Liesel’s brother (Werner) dying on the train to Munich, this is where Liesel steals the grave digger’s handbook. She is then handed to the Hubermann’s, her new foster parents. Hans Hubermann is a mellow fellow, while Rosa Hubermann was more strict and had a colourful language the dictionary fails to describe. After she refuses to bathe, Rosa calls Liesel a Saumensch, which will feature more and more throughout the book. Liesel began having nightmares about her dead brother and would consequently wet the bed, after this, Hans Hubermann would comfort her. Liesel gets enrolled in school but is forced into a younger class because of her subpar reading. When she turns ten, Liesel joins the Hitler Youth; she also helps Rosa deliver
