The Book Thief by Markus Zusak-550 pages
One of my all time favorite books once I figured out that "Death" was the narrator. WWII in Germany, everyone caught up in Hitler's propaganda, a young girl who was given to a couple on Heaven Street for a modest stipend when her mother could no longer care for her. Her deep love and friendships that result from the trials that she endures. A story of war and all its ugliness. And even though she couldn't read in the beginning, she had a hunger for words. Then when they hid a Jew named Max their basement, Liesel began to fully understand the power that words had. The story starts with a train ride on the way to her new life. An absolutely wonderful story that sticks with you for a long time.
