[A tale of family, friends, Jew hatting, Jew loving, and deaths.]
Imagine being in a old poor Jew hating town, where families live trying to do there best at staying alive and give your kids what they want. One little girl loved books and one way she was getting books was stealing them. She's " The Book Thief ". For kids coming to high school should read this, it is a journey through the Holocast and how the struggle was. This story is a historical fiction giving some history behind the holo cast. Mark Zusak the author wrote a really good story where if you start reading you can't stop.
When Zusak wrote this story he made it very interesting by making it seem real. When the author created characters he made a timeline for each going deep into one another's lives bringing everything to life. Threw out the book the characters had at least one thing about there past. They all had lives and personalities makes each one different. The characters also changed through out the story changing there opinions about what's going on and showing there real selfs. Last I relate to the characters because I know how it feels to struggle and at times have very little of what you have. Quiet little street, Himmel st. . Susan made this street calm nothing never ever happens. This plays a big role because it's where the story mainly took place. Zusak explains the setting pretty we'll making it seem like we're there. Also the setting influences the characters to do many of things like painting on wall or building snowman in the basement.
I was amazed after reading the book thief it just pulled me in and blown me away. I love every little detail Zusak put in that's why I like it so much. This book emotionally effected me because all of the attachments in the story. My thoughts changed when I seen rosa was taking care of max an I thought she was so mean at first. This book is related to me because we once took in a foster teen even though we were struggling.
I recommend this story because the characters, setting and my reaction. First, Zusak made every character is different an complicated and it's good for a challenge. Second, the author made the setting very creative and calm making it easier to find at times. I think Zusak did a really good job and I really liked it. It was very interesting. This is why recommend it for high school students.
