The BookThief

I made a new book cover for The Book Thief

The book thief character information

I wrote a easy character information

• Liesel Meminger was the book thief. She was 9 years old at the beginning of the story(Chapter1) when after the death of her brother she is taken in by the Hubermann family in Himmel Street.
• Hans Hubermann is Liesel’s step father. Once a reluctant soldier during World War I, he is a house painter and accordionist. He teaches Liesel to read books.
• Rosa Hubermann is Liesel’s step mother. She washes and irons clothing for the wealthy people of Molching. She is mean to Liesel but she loves Liesel.
• Rudy Steiner is Liesel’s neighbor and best friend. He is one of six children and is obsessed with American track athlete Jesse Owens.Diesel and Rudy are child gang, they always do something not good.
• Max Vandenburg is a young Jewish man who changes the Hubermanns’ lives.
• Death is the narrator of this book. Death’s duty is to carry the souls of the dead away.

                                         Liesel Meminger  (Picture from movie)

The Book Thief Chapter 1 Part 3 Summary 2

I wrote a short summary of chapter 1 part 3.  It continues with the last post that I posted.  So, if you want read from beginning, you'll go back and read from last posts.

Max has came out of hiding on a train, clutching the book he was given with the identity card taped inside. The book is MKPF. Terrified of being caught, he took the train from Stuttgart to Munich.  He was pretending to read MKPF so he will not arouse suspicion on the train. Along with the fake identity card, he had a map, a key, and the food.
When she is not reading with Hans or delivering laundry, Liesel plays soccer with Rudy. Because of wartime rationing, Rudy and Liesel rarely have enough to eat and are hungry all the time. They are the gang of kids who steal apples from an orchard on the outskirts of town. 
One cold day they go so far as to pour water on the road where a delivery boy rides his bicycle, they wait for him to crash. They steal the food that he was delivering to share with other children stealing ring. A few weeks later the leader of the stealing ring gives Liesel and Rudy a bag of chestnuts, which they sell door to door. 
Max arrives in Molching, and following his map, makes his way to the Hubermanns’ house. He takes the key from his pocket and prepares to enter...

The Book Thief Chapter 1 Part 3 Summary 1

I wrote summery of Part 3 in chapter 1!!

It is little bit longer than before, so I decided to divide into 2 posts.  This is the first part of this story. I will post other summery next week!

Hans(foster father) sees the book that Liesel stole from the bonfire. He promises not to tell Rosa, and in return Liesel promises to keep a secret for him if he ever asks. Liesel identifies the person with fluffy hair who saw her take the book as the mayor’s wife, Ilsa Hermann. When Liesel finally summons the courage to go to the mayor’s house, Frau Hermann invites her into the library, where Liesel marvels at the room filled with books. The narrative switches to the town of Stuttgart, where a Jewish man named Max is hiding in a secret storage room, sitting on his suitcase in the dark, starving.

On Himmel Street, Liesel and Hans make their way through The Shoulder Shrug, which features a Jewish hero and is therefore unacceptable to the Nazis. Liesel continues going to the mayor’s house, and begins reading in on the floor in the library. 

The Book Thief - Growing Up a Saumensch

In this chapter, the author tells about Liesel's feature and foster family

Liesel has hair that Death calls "a close enough brand of German blond" and brown eyes, which are considered dangerous because, during the time of Nazi Germany, one did not want dark brown eyes. She thinks that maybe she got them from her father, but she does not remember what he looked like. She just knows that he was labeled a Communist, a strange word to her. Also in this chapter, we learn more about Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Hans loves to smoke, but even more he enjoys rolling his cigarettes. He is a painter and plays the piano accordion. Rosa is harsh and calls Liesel a "Saumensch" (means a pig girl in English), and does the washing and ironing for five wealthy families in Molching. She is not nice and not kin,  but she loves Liesel and asks her to call her Mama and call Hans Papa.

The Book Thief Chapter 1 "The Woman with the Iron Fist"

↓is the official trailer of Book Thief!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EBSmxinus

The Book Thief

I will write about books of Markus Zusak

Markus Frank Zusak, (born 23 June 1975) is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger (I Am the Messenger), two novels for young adults which have been international best-sellers. He won the annual Margaret Edwards Award in 2014 for his contribution to young-adult literature published in the US.  In total, he wrote 5 books.  

His first three books, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe and When Dogs Cry (Getting the Girl), released between 1999-2001, were all published internationally.The Messenger was  published in 2002, won the 2003 Australian Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award and the 2003 NSW Premier’s Literary Award.
International bestseller, The Book Thief, which is translated into more than forty languages. First released in 2005, The Book Thief  has spent a total of 375 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.To date, The Book Thief  has held the number one position at Amazon(online shopping), the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia. The Book Thief (film 2013) is directed by Emmy Award-winning Brian Percival  and was shot in Berlin by 20th Century Fox. The cast is headlined by Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush and Academy Award nominee Emily Watson.Main character, Liesel Meminger was act by Sophie Nelisse.