The Book Thief (original Movie of the Same Name)
About This Novel
Comparable to "The Worry-Free Grocery Store" and "The Kite Runner", use the power of reading to defeat loneliness and fear. This book will change your life! During World War II, nine-year-old German girl Liesel and her brother were sent to foster homes. Unfortunately, my brother died of illness on the train. On the wasteland where her brother was buried, Liesel picked up a book "The Gravedigger's Manual" that was of great significance to her. Arriving at a foster home in the Munich slums, Liesel fell asleep holding the "Gravedigger's Manual" every night. In order to comfort her, her adoptive father read the contents of the manual to her every night and taught her to read. Liesel found that the temptation of books was harder to resist than food, and she couldn't help but start stealing books. The world in the book helped her survive the suffering in reality, and she also began to read to the Jews hiding in the basement and neighbors taking refuge in the air-raid shelters, comforting their panicked hearts. However, the ruthless war finally destroyed everything...
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