Liesel Meminger- A young girl who lives with her foster parents. She loves to read. She steals books from Nazi book

burnings, steals from the mayor’s wife’s library, and is very

curious about everything.

Hans Hubermann- Liesel’s foster father. He does not agree with the Nazi ways and tries to part from the party.

Rosa Hubermann- Liesel’s foster mother. She has two children,

Trudy Hubermann and Hans Jr.

Max Vandenburg- A jewish fist fighter that the Hubermanns hide in their basement. He befriends Liesel who reads to him.

He is the son of Hans Hubermann’s friend who died in the war.

Rudy Stiener- Liesel’s best friend and neighbor.

Death/ Grim Reaper- The narrator.

This book takes place in Nazi Germany during

World War two in a town called Molching.

This book is third and first person. Death is the

narrator. At some parts, Death is narrating Liesel’s

or Max’s stories. But at other parts, death is telling

his own story.

The theme of this book is to always know what you

have before you lose it.

Liesel Meminger has lived a life of poverty and

death under Hitler’s rule. Her mom and dad left, her

brother died, and now she has to live with her new

foster parents. She thinks that this is going to be

horrible. Then she meets Papa, Mama, Rudy, and

Max. Everything turns around. Read this book to

find out about Liesel’s many adventures.

This is an amazing book. I loved it because it is full

of adventures and different historic events.

Markus Zusak is 30 years old. He lives in Sydney,

Australia, with his wife and daughter. He is the

author four previous books: The Underdog, Fighting

Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I am the

messenger.