The Book Thief
Book • 2005
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The main character's foster mother would strike her with a wooden spoon if she misbehaved.
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Is there domestic violence?
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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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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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When Max is eating soup, he t***** u* right after.
When Max is eating soup, he t***** u* right after.
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The book takes place during the Holocaust, and antisemitism is a constant theme throughout the book.
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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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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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It's actually a bomb. Not sure if it's nuclear
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