Knizhnyi vor - Markus Zusak

January 1939. Germany. A country that is holding its breath. Never before has death had so much work. And there will be more. Mother takes nine-year-old Liesel Meminger and her younger brother to the adoptive parents near Munich, because their father is no more - he was carried away by the breath of someone else's and the strange word "communist", and in the eyes of her mother the girl sees the fear of the same fate. On the road, death visits the boy and first notices Liesel. So the girl is on The Himmel Strasse - Heavenly Street. Whoever came up with the name had a healthy sense of humor. It's not that there's a real underworld. No. But it's not heaven. "The Book Thief" is a short story that, among other things, says: about one girl; Different words About the accordionist; about different fanatical Germans; About the Jewish fight. and a lot of thefts. This is a book about the power of words and the ability of books to feed the soul.