The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, is a powerful written story about Liesel Memiger who lives with a foster family during World War 2. Through the course of the book, you meet new characters and watch them and Liesel grow, learn and thrive through the power of words. The importance of words in The Book Thief has a great impact on characters connections, without words none of the characters would thrive and learn about the world, for example when Liesel has her nightmares, Hans connects with her through words, also Max notices that Hitler persuades his people with words and during the time spent in the bombing shelter, Liesel reads using words to calm everyone down. Towards the beginning of the book, Liesel has nightmares about her brother dying
