Different people. Different schools. Strange ideas. War. What could ever help a young girl to get through these challenges? For Liesel, a young German girl, it’s reading. Reading is an escape from the outside world where violence, and death are a common theme. This desire in Liesel proves to be stronger than any challenge thrown at her, but what this desire leads her to do is the real challenge.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak tells of a young girl, Liesel, as she deals with the hardships that endure throughout Nazi Germany. In the beginning of the book, Liesel is on a train with her mother and brother to go into foster care. Trauma already occurs early in the book when Liesel’s brother, Werner, dies on this train. Liesel has only one thing