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What is the point of the dominoes on the cover? Does it have to do with Rudy playing with them with his siblings?
Rebeca I believe that that may be one of the reasons, but it could also signify how one action (stealing a book/hiding a Jew) led to so many things in a kind…moreI believe that that may be one of the reasons, but it could also signify how one action (stealing a book/hiding a Jew) led to so many things in a kind of "domino effect."(less)
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
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