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Apr 20, 2017KMJ_ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a unique and beautiful book. During World War II Liesel is taken in by the Hubermanns after she is separated from her communist mother. The book is narrated by Death, as he takes an interest in Liesel even amongst all of the loss of life he is witnessing during the brutal war. The Hubermanns are hiding Max, a Jewish man whose father once saved Hans Hubermann during the First World War. Wanting to give back to the Hubermanns, Max writes his own story for Liesel, literally painting over the pages of Mein Kampf in order to do so. The power of words and books is an overriding theme, as Liesel sees how subversive books and words can be when used for good, and how even one person’s life story can be immensely powerful.