Auntie's review
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Auntie's review
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Auntie's review
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My good friend, Barbara E. suggested this book to me. I went to the Youth section of Borders to find it, and discovered that it's a recommended book for High School age children.
What a treat it was to read this story set in prewar Germany. The narrator is Death and the main characters are preteen children and a slightly older Jewish teen. Sounds morbid, right?
That impression kept me from opening the book, for quite a while. However, once I began, I could hardly put the book down.
In my generation, The Diary of Anne Frank led to the opening of my eyes to the horrors of the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. I have always wondered about how the German people could turn a blind eye to the stigmatizing of the Jews. This book has helped me to see those people, and that time through the eyes of children.
Author Mark Zusak has Leisel and Rudy members of the Hitler's Youth group...but the rhetoric found there doesn't affect their compassion for the weak and hungry. Leisel's fa...more
What a treat it was to read this story set in prewar Germany. The narrator is Death and the main characters are preteen children and a slightly older Jewish teen. Sounds morbid, right?
That impression kept me from opening the book, for quite a while. However, once I began, I could hardly put the book down.
In my generation, The Diary of Anne Frank led to the opening of my eyes to the horrors of the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. I have always wondered about how the German people could turn a blind eye to the stigmatizing of the Jews. This book has helped me to see those people, and that time through the eyes of children.
Author Mark Zusak has Leisel and Rudy members of the Hitler's Youth group...but the rhetoric found there doesn't affect their compassion for the weak and hungry. Leisel's fa...more
