The Book Thief (thank you Polly for this idea)

So Polly asked me why is this book called The Book Thief which isn't a bad question. This book is so complex and about so many different things and yet it focuses it's title on a seemingly small and rather removable part of the story. But for Liesel it isn't something small, it's not something she can take out of her life. For her stealing books, at least in the beginning was a show of defiance. She was trying to prove something to everyone, she could read, and not only that she could steal books away from Hitler in order to do it. Even though it's something small in her eyes it was the only thing she could do to try to fight off Hitler. Hitler who took away her mother, in a sense killed her brother, made Max run away and forced him to go to a concentration camp, had her papa beaten in the street, then had him sent to war, Hitler who hated words and had them burned. Liesel hated Hitler for so many reasons, so for her anything she could do to fight him was worth it. So that's why I think it's called The Book Thief because the book is about her journey, from the tiny quiet girl on the train, to the strong girl fighting off Hitler with words. And it all started with a book she found buried in the snow.