In this post, we're supposed to be talking about what made us want to read this book and also who would we recommend it to. So the reasons I had for reading this book were not super profound and planned. I had already seen the movie and we owned it before I even knew it was on the list. When I was looking at the book list, I didn't see any books that seemed really interesting to me and then I saw this one. I enjoyed the movie when we saw it, and thought it would probably be a good book too. The fact that we already had a copy that I could write in made the reading part a lot easier to go back to and know what I was going to write in these posts.
As for connections I made to the book, I made a couple. When I was in the 4th and 5th grade, all I did with my free time was read, very similar to Liesel reading anything she could get her hands on. Another I made was to the rough foster mother (referenced in one of the previous posts) who did not seem all that nice but did love Liesel and was not as mean or rough as she seemed at first.
Who would I recommend this book to? Well I'm not entirely sure, but I guess that's the idea of a recommendation. Well, if you want a happy story (at the end, at least) that's a little different from the others, this is your book. If reading is your life (and you haven't already read it) I recommend this for you because you'll find many connections with Liesel and will like the characters.
I found a short biography/article of Markus Zusak that includes his other books here.
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