Book Review

The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Published by Alfred Knopf, c 2005
Winner, Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Reviewed by Kris Matlock

The Book Thief should not be overlooked. I loved it! I offer one caveat, though. Allow longer periods of time for reading than usual. I read it in short intervals and got confused. Because I read audio books, flipping back to previous pages to refresh my memory is difficult. There is a lot of building on past charaters, places, and events, so this isn't an "easy to read" or start and stop book.

The aspect of the book that I liked most was remembering that not all Germans were Nazi sympathizers. Unlike a lot of books writtrn about World War II Germany, this book shows a third perspective of the German people. Commonly, books about Germany during this time portray the Nazi versus the Jews. In The Book Thief, the life of the average German is illustrated.