The book thief by Markus Zusak

he Book Thief is the story of a young girl. Living with her adoptive family, she grows a love for books and gradually understands the power of words, for both Used and bad. Set in World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s innovative New novel is the story of Liesel Meminger; Liesel scrapes out a miserable life for herself by theft when she meets something she can’t fight back. That something is books. With the help of her father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing attacks as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her cellar before he is marched to Dachau. It is a completely moving book which will leave you flat with its pictures of Nazi Germany’s, friendship and loss.