Being the last of four children, their parents always told them stories from their native European countries. Markus Zusak got the inspiration for The Book Thief from the stories that his parents told him when he was a little boy. The story follows her life and struggles and also shows us how she meets her friends- Rudy and Max, the jew that was hidden in the basement of her foster parent’s home. Then she started stealing books so she could have more to read. She learned the power inherent in words and she desired more. Liesel was just coming of age in the book and through her foster father learned how to read. He tells this story in The Book Thief through the eyes of the orphan girl, Liesel Meminger. Markus Zusak wrote about the horrors, wickedness, and suffering that were inherent in Germany during the Nazi era and especially during the second world war following the events of the Holocaust.
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