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If Death Could Speak, What Stories Would He Tell You? '''Markus Zusak. The Book Thief. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.''' "Here is a small fact...You are going to die." Imagine being a ten year old German girl in Nazi Germany. Now imagine you have just lost everyone you love in one, single train ride. The only thing left to remind you of your loved ones is a book, The Grave Digger's Handbook. You stole this book from your brother's grave site and it is going to save your life one day. Liesel Meminger is given up to foster parents by her mother when she is ten years old. Her possessions include a book and the clothes on her back. This story is narrated by Death himself while he observes "The Book Thief," Liesel Meminger, during WWII. Her foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, take Liesel in for pay, but eventually come to love her as a daughter. Hans becomes Liesel's first father figure she has ever known and he teaches her many things during this time like: Compassion, Self-sacrifice, Friendship, Humor, and most of all, a Father's Love. Of course, Liesel is not trapped in her foster home, unlike a sudden visitor to the Hubermann home was during this period in time. Liesel goes to school, becomes friends with the boy next door, Rudy, and lives a normal life. Well, as normal as can be expected for a German girl living in Nazi Germany. Rudy is struck by love at first sight when Liesel moves into 33 Himmel Street. They quickly become as thick as thieves, literally and figuratively. See, Rudy is the one who gives Liesel her nickname, The Book Thief, after she steals yet another book from the Mayor's mansion, with his help, of course. This love of books Liesel has is what ends up saving her life at the end. That, and the mayor's wife, Ilsa Hermann. Death plays an interesting narrator in this book while he tells about a German girl from Himmel Street who loves to steal books. He adds his input at various points in the story that gives the reader a glimpse of what is happening in other parts of Europe during WWII. "I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me." He gives the story a bit of humor, a bit of sorrow, a bit of history, and a lot of intrigue. Recommendations for Teachers Your recommendations for teachers begin here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nunc ornare. Vivamus tincidunt iaculis massa. Phasellus sed odio. Praesent sed pede et dolor porta commodo. Maecenas sit amet lorem vitae elit tempor tincidunt. Nunc sodales orci eget turpis. Aenean quis velit eget dui viverra fermentum. Aliquam ultrices pede eu turpis. 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