Savannah's Best Blog for all Bloggers: Lear- Reading Blog- Book 1

A New Life, A New Book

Liesel Meminger went through one of the worst days of her life. First she was on her way to a new home, and a new life, which meant she had to leave her mom forever. Her and her brother were supposed to, both, go to a new home, but, sadly, her brother didn't make it. He died on the train ride, staring at the floor, eyes lifeless.

Following the funeral, one of the grave digger's dropped a book. The grave digger didn't notice, but Liesel did. She picked up the book, and that was her first act of book thievery. The book was called The Grave Digger's Handbook.

Liesel's new home is in Molching, Germany, during the time of the holocaust. Hitler ruled, and there was nothing to be done about it.

Liesel's foster mother was named Rosa Hubermann. She was loud-mouthed and a very foul tongue. Liesel's foster father was an accordion player and a painter named Hans Hubermann. He played a very big role in the life of Liesel Meminger. He is the one that taught her to read and write. Sadly, Hans was against Adolf Hitler, so he was always looking over his shoulder, afraid something would happen to him.

Life in Camps During the Holocaust

Another person that Liesel became fond of was Rudy Steiner. He was a boy that lived near Liesel. They became very good friends, and Rudy wanted to be more, but Liesel didn't want that, at least not yet. Proof that Rudy liked Liesel is that if Rudy won a race between the two of them, Rudy would get a kiss. His exact words were: "If I beat you, I get to kiss you."

After a while, Liesel became comfortable in her new home. She got used to Rosa, and became very close to Hans because he taught her so much. Hans was always nice to her. A few times, Liesel wet the bed during her daily nightmares about her brother. All Hans did was clean her up, and that's it. Every night after these nightmares, Hans would comfort Liesel until she feel back asleep.

During the first of these bed-wetting incidents, Hans found Liesel's stolen book. He didn't yell at her. He just offered to teach her how to read it, which went like this:

"'Is this yours?"

"Yes, Papa."

"Do you want to read it?"

Again, "Yes, Papa."

A tired smile.

Metallic eyes, melting.

"Well, we'd better read it, then.'"

Soon enough, Liesel learned to read, well enough, but not soon enough. During school, she had to read from a book in front of the whole class. Liesel wasn't prepared enough, so she started reciting The Grave Digger's Handbook. The teacher didn't appreciate that, so Liesel got a spanking. During their free time that day, some boys started making fun of her. Liesel got very angry, so she beat the kid up. She was named the heavy weight champion of the school yard.