Reading historical fiction is a powerful way to experience the past through the eyes of someone living a very different life.

The story's title refers to Liesel's thievery of books early on in the film as she learns how to read with the support of her adopted father Hans Hubermann (Rush). The Book Thief is a very ...

Each of these books highlights the power of women, whether through history, personal challenges, or breaking stereotypes.

THE BOOK THIEF begins at a snow-covered graveside in 1930s Germany, as an illiterate girl steals an abandoned book - Liesel Meminger's first act of book thievery. As her appetite for books grows ...

The Book Thief is the story of one girl whose war was spent in a small town outside Munich, Germany. Nine-year-old Liesel is sent to a foster family at the outbreak of the war. With the help of ...