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She loves to steal books and read them, therefore; she becomes the book thief.
She steals the books because she is unable to afford buying them herself.
Her real mom put her up for adoption because she could not take care of Liesel and her brother.
Liesel becomes the foster daughter and only child of Hans and Rosa Hubermann.
She has a brother that dies before they got adopted by her foster parents.
She steals her first book at her brother's funeral and it is called "The Gravedigger's Handbook".
The second book she steals is "The Shoulder Shrug", which starts her addiction to stealing books and reading them.
Later in the story she writes her own book called "The Book Thief".
She is the only one that survives the Himmel Street raid.

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Rudy is Liesel's best friend, he has always been by Liesel's side protecting her.
He is the sixth child of a single father.
His family life is chaotic and loving.
Rudy is in love with Liesel, and he is not afraid to tell her that.
He aspires to be like Jesse Owens, who is a track racer.
After his home town is bombed, Rudy dies from the explosion.

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Werner is Liesel's younger brother and he dies on the way to their adopted parents' house.
He has a funeral and that leads to Liesel stealing her first book, "The Gravedigger's Handbook"
He is constantly in Liesel's dreams and he reminds her of a time of peace.
She knows that he is the reason that she became the book thief and she loves him for it.

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Liesel's mom has two kids, Liesel and Werner.
She knew she could not provide for her kids anymore and has Liesel and Werner adopted.
Her son Werner dies on his way to meet their foster parents.
After his funeral, she takes Liesel to her meet her adoptive parents.
Throughout the book her whereabouts are unknown.

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Poppa is the only Hubermann that Liesel could relate to and she got close to him.
He fought in WWI and escaped death.
He does not believe in the war Hitler is creating, but doesn't go against it.
He loves to smoke and his favorite part of it is rolling the tobacco.
He loves playing the accordion for Liesel and is a local painter.
His real name is Hans and he is married to Rosa Hubermann.
He teaches Liesel how to read though he does not read well himself.
He never screams at her and is always teaching her a lesson.
He also dies during the Himmel Street raid.

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He is Jewish. Soldiers are looking for him throughout the story.
He loves to read and write, he writes a book for Liesel called "The Standover Man".
The book "Mein Kampf" saved him and sent him to Hans Hubermann to hid out.
Loves a good fist fight and daydreams about being in the boxing ring.
Liesel and her parents are hiding him in the basement in Molching, so that Hitler's soldiers don't find him.

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Rosa Hubermann is married to Hans Hubermann.
She is very intimidating to Liesel at first.
She does "rich" people's dry cleaning for a living.
Because she's lazy she tells Liesel to take the dry cleaning to her clients.
She is a terrible cook.
She hates Hans' accordion. She also doesn't like the positivity that he brings throughout the house.
She dies during the Himmel Street raid.

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Learning to read helps Liesel understanding that Hitler's propaganda is the only root of his power and he is the reason why her mother, father, and brother are dead.
Liesel's thievery is a form of defiance.
By stealing a book, she defies Hitler's army's censorship.
By doing this she takes her education into her own hands.