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This is my favourite book at the moment.

It was first published in 2005 by Australian Markus Zusak, is an international bestseller and has won many awards.

The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl who is given up for adoption by her mother. It is set in 1939 in Nazi Germany.

The story is narrated by Death and Death first comes into contact with Liesel when her younger brother dies on the train on the way to her foster parent’s home. Death and Liesel cross paths through out the book.

Not long after Liesel first meets Death is when Liesel first becomes the Book Thief, when she finds The Gravedigger’s Handbook near her brother’s grave. This is the beginning of Liesel’s love of books and reading which is cultivated by her adoptive father, Hans Hubermann.

I love the way The Book Thief is written.
“Papa’s face. It travelled and wondered, but it disclosed no answers. Not yet.”

I would definitely recommend this book to read. The story is fantastic, but most of all I love the way it is written.

I would give it a 9 out of 10