Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

     It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

     Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. 

Rating: ★★★★★

I've had this on my shelf for years now but never really got around to reading it. I'm glad I didn't read this sooner. Not because I didn't like it, but because I don't think I would have appreciated it as much if I had read it when I was younger.