The Book Thief: A Novel by Markus Zusak

Trivia-on-Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief is a wonderful novel about a feisty young girl named Liesel Meminger. She is sent to live with a foster family after the death of her brother. Not only is she dealing with a sudden move, World War II is occurring, and there are Nazis everywhere. Liesel takes to stealing books to help her get through the hard times, and to better educate herself during the war. She befriends a handful of people, and she loses most of them during the war. This is a wonderful, coming-of-age tale of a young girl who ultimately triumphs over war by learning to read amid the death and destruction of it.