In Molching 1940’s death was in the air.
World War 2 was underway
And Germany was the Nazi lair.
Liesel Meminger caught death’s eye,
And was known as the Book Thief
While the the bombs gave Molching black skies.
The Book Thief first acted after her brother passed,
She took “The Grave Digger’s Handbook”
And continued to Molching on the train.
Then she met her foster parents who scared her at first,
And the nightmares about her brother started
But then Hans Hubermann helped her at her worst.
Then she met Rudy Steiner who worked consistently to get her attention.
As time went by she met Max Vandenburg,
Who was a hidden Jew she couldn’t mention.
Their friendship began when it started to snow,
When he was sick and couldn’t wake up.
And once he woke they helped each other grow,
And he taught her the power of words.
When the bombs began their neighbor’s shelter kept everyone safe on the block,
The Book Thief read out loud to calm everyone down.
Then the Nazi soldiers paraded with the Jewish prisoners down the sidewalk.
Hans Hubermann helps an old man who is a prisoner,
And soon faces punishment for his actions.
Max had to leave and soon Hans Hubermann and Alex Steiner were drafted into the army.
Rosa gave Liesel a gift from Max,
A book he wrote called “The Word Shaker”.
And Max promised they would be reunited one day.
The bombs got closer as the war raged on.
As Liesel was writing her book her neighborhood was bombed.
Everyone died on her block except her and soon she lived with the mayor.
In the end she was reunited with Max
And then she lived a long life and had her own family.
Very nice.