The Book Thief

Book • 2005  

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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Mick
The main character's foster mother would strike her with a wooden spoon if she misbehaved.
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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LiliMonty
Liesel's six-year-old brother Werner dies at the beginning, and SPOILER ALERT, Rudy and all his siblings, along with all the other kids on Himmel Street, die.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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creepycutie
At the end of the book, after Leisel’s neighborhood is bombed, it is revealed that both of her foster parents died in their sleep during the explosions.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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creepycutie
The book takes place during the Holocaust, and antisemitism is a constant theme throughout the book.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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mrluigiman
One character is a young boy who is infamous where he lives for covering himself in charcoal to look like Jesse Owens, though he did this because he admired Jesse Owens and wanted to be like him
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
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RicePerson
It's actually a bomb. Not sure if it's nuclear
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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