Summary of The Book Thief : Liesel Meminger is a young German girl growing up during WWII. She lives with her foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, outside of Munich, Germany and learns to cope with the loss of a brother and the dreadful nightmares through reading. Reading fills the void her dead brother and her mother left. Books weren't very accepted by society during the war so Liesel stole from the mayor's wife library giving her the name “Book Thief”. Hans is hiding Max, a young Jewish man whose father saved Hans’ life in WWI, in the basement. Liesel and Max develop a strong bond when Liesel realizes that Max suffers from nightmares too and they begin spending time reading together, strengthening their bond and giving Liesel insight