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Love, love, LOVED this book. Narrated by "Death" during Nazi Germany. I found the way the author chose to portray his story fascinating and drew me in with each and every "chapter". I have always been intrigued by Nazi Germany - how IT rose to power, how those in Germany chose to become blind to what was happening to their neighbors, friends, and, some family members. It is the very iconoclastic emblem of what lies at the heart of darkness within humanity and what each of us are capable of becom
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A little girl, Liesel Meminger, is separated from her parents and must live with her foster parent,s Rosa and Hans, during WWII in Germany. Hans and Rosa have been hiding a Jew named Max in their basement. When Max is very sick, Lisa reads him a book every day and resorts to stealing books to read to him, only to return them back on completion. Great characters, that have a strong personality and had a mix of both positive and negative traits. The Mayor's wife, was by far the most interesting ch
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Yes, I liked this just as much this time as during my first reading. The narrator is quite good and perfect as the voice of Death. I was moved, and I cried, but I also laughed, especially during the strings of abuse and profanity that came out of Rosa's mouth. This is in part because of the hilarious, less than positive review written by Sophia (on my page her review is the first one). I also laughed every time the lemon-haired boy was mentioned. Sophia's description is spot-on, and totally had
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