liesel meminger · the book thief · ww2 germany · orphans · poverty · trauma · literature · historical fiction · vulnerable · foster care
Germany, 1939. Cold wind sweeps across the desolate landscape. Liesel, a fragile 10-year-old, clutches a book found in the snow. Her past is marked by poverty, the death of her brother, and abandonment by her mother. Now, she lives with a stern but loving foster family. After another night of nightmares about her brother, she wakes up, trembling.