![]() Meanwhile, Ilsa leaves Liesel a note in one of the stolen books and Liesel realizes that she was letting her steal them all along. The Nazi Party checks the basement for its potential as a bomb shelter but doesn’t notice Max hiding there. Max gets sick and falls into a coma, but he recovers to the delight of everyone in the house. Later, Rudy helps Liesel steal books from Ilsa’s library. Ilsa Hermann quits her job and insults Liesel. Max paints over the pages of Mein Kampf (Hitler’s book) and writes The Standover Man for Liesel. They share nightmares and soon become friends. He goes to Molching and finds the Hubermanns, who let him hide out in their house since Hans promised to help Max’s mother if she ever needed it. A friend brings him an identity card hidden in a copy of Hitler’s book. Meanwhile, a young Jewish boxer named Max Vandenburg hides in a storage room for weeks. Liesel reads as much as she can when she visits there. When Rosa delivers the washing to her house one day after a book burning, she invites Liesel inside and shows her books from all over the world and time periods. She does the laundry for some of them, including the mayor’s wife, Ilsa Hermann. Rosa is a maid for many wealthy people in town. Meanwhile World War II begins, and there’s a book burning for Hitler’s birthday where Liesel steals a book from the fire. Hans discovers that Liesel can’t read very well and gives her reading lessons in the basement. He constantly asks Liesel to kiss him, but she always refuses. She meets Rudy Steiner, who is obsessed with Jesse Owens. Liesel has nightmares of her dead brother, and Hans comforts her. Rosa is loud and insulting but Hans wins Liesel’s trust by being gentle, kind-hearted person who supports her all the way through life. When they got off the train, Death accompanied them to bury her brother at a cemetery in Molching where Liesel will eventually live with foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann. He also tells us about a time when she was riding on a train with her mother and brother Werner, who died in that same journey. The book thief stole his book called “The Grave Digger’s Handbook” from him but he doesn’t know how to read so he can’t use it. 1-Page Summary of The Book Thief Overall Summaryĭeath is the narrator of this story, and he describes his first encounter with Liesel.
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