A tale of a young girl, book thievery, and a hidden Jew
The main character is Leisel Meminger, she has a realistic life style for the time in which it took place. Her best friend Rudy has yellow hair and dreams to dreams of running like Jessie Owens. Leisels foster parents Hans Huberman and Rosa Huberman are both loving and caring. Hans is a more calm type of guy while Rosa is loud and a harsh person. Max is another main character who hides under Rosa and Hans home. Max and Leisel become good friends they were almost indivisible. Death the narrator isn't use to focusing in ones life while they're alive, but he becomes really interested in Leisels life. Throughout the story Leisel changes. When she first arrives in Himmel Street she doesn't like being with her foster parents. She wishes to have her brother and mother to her side. At first Leisel makes a fatherly connection with Hans. After a while Leisel starts noticing that Rosa cares for her. In the end Leisel learns to love both her foster parents. I can say I do have a connection with Leisel because she cares for the people that she's surrounded by, I do too.
Markus Zusak is an fascination author. He is very detailed with his writing. The only thing is that he does give a lot of spoil alerts. There's maybe too much imagery but that's what makes this book engrossing. Markus Zusaks style is extremely amazing. There is a variety of mood change and most of it is described using Imagery/ figurative language. The emotional qualities on this book is understandable and the dialogue is easy to understand. There's some parts where you can vividly see what's going on. Students in high school should be able to understand and read it clearly if they are focused to read it.
There's some things that did change my thoughts as read it. At first I thought and knew that I wasn't going to be able to read The Book Thief because of how long it was. There's more to this book then just another story about a family hiding a Jew during the Holocaust. Since this book was during the holocaust I don't have that much to relate. Like everyone in the world I have had family members die but I go on with my lie just like Leisel. Leisel is a strong character she went through so much throughout the book.
Even though The Book Thief is a really thick book high schoolers should be able to read it with no problem. There is always time to do something, it is worth reading. Believe me you won't regret it. This book can help you with being a better reader and understanding figurative language better. You shouldn't stop yourself from reading something you think you can't, give the Book Thief a try.
