Book Report – The Book Thief
The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is a historically fictive novel set in Nazi Germany, at the very beginning of WWII. The Book Thief is about a young orphaned girl by the name of Leisel Meminger living during the coming of age of WWII. As Death narrates, we watch Leisel as a young girl, travelling with her mother and brother to meet her foster parents. Sadly, her younger brother Werner dies during the trip. During her brother’s funeral, she finds a book lying on the ground. She takes it. “The book thief had struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.” (pg 29) Her mother leaves Leisel at her foster parents’ door. Leisel never saw her again. Her new life, her life on Himmel Street
The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is a historically fictive novel set in Nazi Germany, at the very beginning of WWII. The Book Thief is about a young orphaned girl by the name of Leisel Meminger living during the coming of age of WWII. As Death narrates, we watch Leisel as a young girl, travelling with her mother and brother to meet her foster parents. Sadly, her younger brother Werner dies during the trip. During her brother’s funeral, she finds a book lying on the ground. She takes it. “The book thief had struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.” (pg 29) Her mother leaves Leisel at her foster parents’ door. Leisel never saw her again. Her new life, her life on Himmel Street