Entry Two: The Book Thief

Liesel, Liesel's mom and brother, Hans, Rosa, Rudy.
Liesel wants to read, feel loved, and accepted.
Liesel's mom wants Liesel to be fed and taught well. It must of been very hard to leave her children with somebody else. The book doesn't say why she got to the point of putting her kids into foster care.
Hans wants Liesel to feel loved and wants to help teach her about her new life and to help teach her about school.
Rosa isn't sure if she wants to get close to Liesel and love her.
Rudy is always by Liesel's side and loves her.


Themes that are beginning to appear are the importance of reading and words and how they effect people. Another theme is the importance of Liesel's relationship with Hans.








The book is structured by being first person narrator. The main character is Liesel. It is written by the narrator telling the reader what happens with Liesel but isn't an actual person. The book talks about Liesel and her life and what happens to her.  In the beginning of the book there is a prologue and it talks about the three times the narrator saw Liesel. Then it goes on with the beginning of the story of Liesel going to the foster parent's house.

Entry One: The Book Thief

The major characters so far that I have read about are:
 Leisel Meminger who is the book thief.
 Hans Hubermann who is her foster father and becomes good friends with Leisel.
Rosa Hubermann who is her foster mother and is not very nice.
Rudy Steiner who is Liesel's best friend.


The setting of this book is in Nazi Germany and in Munich, Germany at the time of WWII.
The conflict in this book is death, Liesel stealing books, and moving in to this new place and the relationships she makes with people.


A prediction I have is that Liesel will get caught stealing books by Nazis.
Another prediction I have is that Liesel will get taught how to read by someone.
Another prediction I have is that Liesel's mom will come back for her in the end of the book.


Questions I have:
Why did Liesel's mom give her to foster parents?
How did Liesel's brother die?
Who is the narrator and how does the narrator take/collect people's souls?
Why did Liesel steal The Grave Digger's Handbook from the cemetery if she can't read?


Connections that I have made:
This book is wrote about the same time period Anne Frank wrote her book about Nazi Germany.