![]() ![]() His promise to repay that debt comes due when the man's son, Max, shows up on his doorstep. Hans is haunted himself, by the Jewish soldier who saved his life during WWI. ![]() Rosa Hubermann has a sharp tongue, but Hans has eyes "made of kindness." He helps Liesel overcome her nightmares by teaching her to read late at night. Liesel's father-a "Kommunist"-is already missing when her mother hands her into the care of the Hubermanns. , found in a snowy cemetery after her little brother's funeral. Liesel Meminger, the book thief, is nine when she pockets The Gravedigger's Handbook ) works in miniature, focusing on the lives of ordinary Germans in a small town outside Munich. The narrator is Death himself, a companionable if sarcastic fellow, who travels the globe "handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity." Death keeps plenty busy during the course of this WWII tale, even though Zusak ( I Am the Messenger This hefty volume is an achievement-a challenging book in both length and subject, and best suited to sophisticated older readers. ![]()
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