The Book Theif Summary Notes

Daizha Reed

AP. Lit

Title

The name of the story is The Book Thief, the title of the book is very significant

to the story because the protagonist Liesel Meminger was in fact a book

thief. Stealing books became what made Liesel who she was, her bravery and

determination never once faded throughout the book. Soon she became known

to other people as a book thief as well. Through the many hardships she faced

obtaining books were something that she really treasured and they also brought her

a great deal of joy as well. It is also

• The name of the book Liesel writes

• The most important book of them all, it’s the one that saves her life.

Author

The author of the novel is Markus Zusak. He was born in Sydney Australia and

currently still lives there with his family. A few facts about The Book Thief

• The Book Thief was published in 2005

• Took Markus Zusak 3 years to finish

• He rewrote the first 90 pages of the book thief 150-200 times

Markus Zusak was born June 23rd

are that Mark has trouble writing an autobiography because he doesn’t find

himself inspiring. It took him 7 years to get his first book published, once his

book did get published in 1999 not to long after that he became of the hottest

new artists in Australia. Mark grew up listening to his parents tell stories

about their childhoods during WW2

Context/setting

The context of this book is very important to the story. The book takes

during the time of the holocaust in Germany. When we first start reading

The Book Thief we are introduced to our narrator death. Death being the

narrator puts an interesting perspective on the book.

There are ultimately three places the Liesel spends her time

Himmel Street

Grand Strasse

Amper River

In the begging of the story Liesel Meminger suffers to great loses, her brother

dying on the train and her mother giving her up to live with another family. For

months on Himmel Street she suffered from nightmares Hans would sit with her

every...