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Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Part One: When Liesel would wake up from her nightmares, it says that she would be "swimming in her bed, screaming, and drowning in the flood of sheets" (Zusak 36).
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Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like What does Death identify as his "saving grace"?, What appears to be the situation described in the chapter "Beside the Railway Line"?, Describe the setting the second time Death sees the book thief. and more.
The Book Thief is set in Germany during World War II and the Holocaust, where six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party, rose to national power in 1934 and began enforcing his policies of anti-Semitism and German aggression, which led to World War II.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak tells the story of a young girl named Liesel Meminger living in Nazi Germany during World War II. The novel touches on themes of love and loss, and is narrated by Death, giving it a unique and haunting perspective.
The Book Thief celebrates the legacy of words: the power of words to do good, to do bad, to raise low and raise high, to create a Hitler, to allow a Hans Hubermann to exist, in essence, the power of words to change worlds. The book showed that words, indeed, rule the world.
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The Book Thief by Australian author Markus Zusak, published in 2005, is a novel set in Nazi Germany and narrated by Death. The story revolves around Liesel Meminger, a young girl sent to live with foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann.
