<P> The Book Thief is a 2005 historical novel by Australian author Markus Zusak and is his most popular work . </P> <P> Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into several languages . It was adapted into a 2013 feature film of the same name . </P> <P> After the death of Liesel's younger brother on a train to Molching, Liesel arrives at the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, distraught and withdrawn . During her time there, she is exposed to the horrors of the Nazi regime, caught between the innocence of childhood and the maturity demanded by her destructive surroundings . As the political situation in Germany deteriorates, her foster parents conceal a Jewish fist fighter named Max Vandenburg . Hans, who has developed a close relationship with Liesel, teaches her to read, first in her bedroom, then in the basement . Recognizing the power of writing and sharing the written word, Liesel not only begins to steal books that the Nazi party is looking to destroy, but also writes her own story, and shares the power of language with Max . </P> <P> The protagonist of the story is an adopted girl on the verge of adolescence, with blonde hair that is "a close enough brand of German blonde" and a "smile that is starving" when she shows it . Her eyes, however, are brown . She is fostered by the Hubermanns after her biological father "abandons" their family, her brother dies, and her mother is forced to send her to a foster home due to her belief (communism), which is forbidden at the time . Liesel is the "book thief" referred to in the title . Liesel is fascinated by the power of words, as shown in the quotation, "I have hated the words and I have loved them ." She steals books from snow, fire, and mayor's wife . </P>

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