THE FIRST 50 PAGES

The book I'm reading is The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak. It's a historical fiction because the characters are all made up but it takes place during real events that happened. In the first 50 pages we are introduced to the narrator Death and he explains the three times he had a run in with the book thief. We are also introduced to Liesel, her mother, and her brother. Right off the bat Liesel's brother dies and Death has his first run in with the book thief. Liesel and her mother bury her brother in a cemetery and Liesel sees a book called The Grave Digger's Handbook that was dropped by a younger grave digger. Liesel picks it up but she doesn't know how to read. heading to her foster parents house she is reluctant to go inside the Hubberman's house, but Hans persuades her to go in. Liesel Goes to school but suffers because she doesn't know how to read. he also meets Ruder Steiner who will become her best friend.