In April 1938, a voice representing the Angel of Death, tells about how the young Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse)
has piqued his interest. Liesel is traveling on a train with mother and
younger brother when her brother dies. At his burial she picks up a
book that has been dropped by his graveside. Liesel is then delivered to
foster parents Hans (Geoffrey Rush) and Rosa (Emily Watson)
Hubermann, because her mother, a Communist, is in danger. When she
arrives, Liesel makes an impression on a neighbor boy, Rudy Steiner (Nico Liersch).
Rudy accompanies her on her first day of school. When the teacher
asks Liesel to write her name on the chalkboard, she is only able to
write three 'X's, showing that she doesn't know how to read. Later that
day, she is taunted by her schoolmates who chant "dummkopf". One of the
boys, Franz Deutscher, challenges her to read just one word to which
Liesel responds by beating him up. She impresses Rudy and they become
fast friends. When Hans, her stepfather, realizes that Liesel cannot
read, he begins to teach her, using the book that she took from the
graveside. Liesel becomes obsessed with reading anything she can get her
hands on.
World War II breaks out and Liesel and Rudy become members of the Hitler Youth movement.
While at a Nazi book burning ceremony, Liesel and Rudy are bullied into
throwing books onto the bonfire by Franz, but Liesel is upset at all
the books being burned. When the bonfire ends and everyone but she has
left, she grabs a book that has not been burned. She is seen by Ilsa
Hermann, the mayor's wife. Hans discovers that she has taken the book
and tells her she must keep it a secret from everyone. One day, Rosa,
her stepmother, asks Liesel to take the laundry to the mayor's house.
Liesel realizes that the woman who saw her taking the book is the
mayor's wife and she is scared she will be found out. Instead, Ilsa
takes her into their library and tells Liesel she can come by anytime
and read as much as she'd like. One day Liesel is found reading by the
mayor who not only puts a stop to her visits but dismisses Rosa as their
laundress. Liesel continues to "borrow" books from the mayor's library
by climbing through a window.
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