In this novel, Hans Hubermann, a decorator, is hiding a Jew named Max. The reason he is hiding Max, is because his father once saved his life during the First World War when they were both German soldier. Hans and his wife, Rosa, recently adopted Liesel, a young girl, and the main character of this book. Important to the plot, is the growing relationship between Liesel and Hans, then later, Max and Liesel. Also in this novel, the narrator is Death, but a unique Death. He seems compassionate, and in no way cruel. Ardagh (2007) later tells us how composed the story line is. He states how the author gives us glimpses of what is to come, whether true or not. He also writes that the specialty of this book comes from the way which the author puts
