![]() ![]() 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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