Dork dog

10 years ago

I have seen the movie. I love the book also.:)

heavenly123

10 years ago

Loved this book!! Really want to watch the movie!

yusuf12

10 years ago

this book was amazing i can read this over and over again if i wanted to...this had to be one of the best books ever

xxpish

10 years ago

Liesel Meminger’s life isn’t so great; her brother died not too long ago, her mom is taken away and she is left to foster parents. When she sees a book lying on the ground at her brother’s funeral, she picks it up, and keeps it. So begins her childhood as a book thief—fascinated by books, by words. Her foster mother is not the nicest person—she calls Liesel words that shouldn’t be said to a child. She bonds with her foster father Hans though, over late-night story-times, writing lessons in the basement, and accordion playing. Hans isn’t quite a Nazi; his loyalties lie somewhere else. That life, knowing what to expect and that continuity is disrupted by the son of Hans’ friend from the war, who shows up at their front door. Max is a Jew, and he is looking for help. So the Hubermanns take him in, give him a hiding place in the basement to stay and provide him with food. Over the time, he and Liesel become friends and realize that they have a lot in common. They share memories, and spend time together. The only thing is, he has to be kept secret. If someone finds out, the consequences won’t be good. This is the story of a young girl, growing up and living life surrounded by Nazi Germany, stealing books and living with a Jew. Narrated by the unique voice of death, this acclaimed novel is definitely worth reading. My thoughts: This book was very enjoyable. With the narration of death, it had all sorts of fun different perspectives of looking at the world. It is written in a really quirky and awesome way; it’ll be in the middle of telling a story of someone dying, and then it’ll break into this little mini-paragraph and say something like “The sky was the color of burning newspaper.” It was intriguing and the story was great, as were the characters. You know, this was a weird book. In a good way. It kind of HAS no summary. Call me crazy, but in my mind it was one of those books that you can’t really describe, other than “a girl living in Nazi Germany.” Does that make sense? Probably not. I absolutely loved Zusak’s writing style, and I think this definitely deserved the Printz award. I look forward to more Markus Zusak!

itsover9000

10 years ago

Hard to get into... saw the movie before.... so its kind of spoiled but need it for the 40 book challenge... so... yeah.

arh

10 years ago

I want to read this book because I like Markus Zusak. I also saw the movie, it was really good.

missviolin

10 years ago

A girl is left in a foster home after her brother dies, during the Holocaust. She learns to read with her foster father (called Papa) and a Jewish man she befriends. During the story, she falls in love, steals books from the mayor's house, and starts a rebellion against Hitler.

artjunkie

10 years ago

I cried twice

artjunkie

10 years ago

This is my favorite book EVER!!!!!!

actingstar101

10 years ago

i think this book is haunted