Entry Two - July 7th (Summer Reading)

The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak

First is the main character Liesel Meminger. At the beginning of the book she wanted to know how to read. Now she wants more and more. Stealing books was Liesel's main focus until a group of boys introduced her to another kind of stealing involving food this time. Rudy and Liesel now only seek to steal.
For Mama, Rosa Hubermann, she just wants Liesel to be mature when she is only twelve and is still a child. She doesn't allow any fooling around, no reading, no games, no extra long errands and especially NO STEALING!
While I have been reading The Book Thief  I thought what theme might best fit this novel. It appears that a theme most likely to fit is "no matter how much you have always appreciate it no matter if it is not a big thing."
The book is set up very different from any other book I have read. Every couple of pages there is a little fact or meaning of a German word said in the part before. Also as the book goes along Zusak talks as a narrator (telling what is going on around them or in the town), and Zusak speaks in third person about what Liesel herself is doing. I think the way Marcus Zusak set it up was very creative (in a very good way). It is helpful to the reader and allows the reader to become closer to the book and author. Without the little notes every once in a while we would have to guess what the German word mean and why they are used.