The Book Thief
By  Markus Zusak
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 So far in The Book Thief, Liesel warms up to her new foster parents Hans and Rosa, after all, they are really all she has due to her mom having to leave and the recent death of her younger brother. Liesel started school in Germany but is made fun of because she does not know how to read like the other kids in school. Liesel goes home sad and Hans her step dad notices Liesel's upset so he decides to teach her how to read they have midnight lessons in the basement each night, he's been teaching her to read with what once was her brother's book. I think Liesel and Hans have really started to bond and grow close together which is important for Liesel because she is only 9 years old and has already been through so much. Liesles new fascination with reading leads her and her best friend Hugo to start stealing books, "They had no qualms about stealing, but they needed to be told. They liked to be told, and Viktor Chemmel liked to be the teller."