When you think of Holocaust books, you think of the life of Jewish children. Normally, that's what Holocaust books are about. Markus Zusak, however, decided to take a different turn.
The Book Thief is about the life of a girl named Liesel in 1942. In this book, it isn't a Jew hiding from the Germans, but Germans hiding a Jew. The question is: is it an irony or a tragedy? Death may be telling the tale, but this bloodbath actually happened. Either way, it's not going to end well.
Death himself already said that Rudy, Liesel's best friend, would die, he just hasn't told us the details yet. As for Liesel, I predict that she will die. Rudy dying will be like a part of her dying and Liesel has already lost Max, her mom, her brother, her adopted father has just been sent into the war again, and she never had a real father, she already has one foot in the grave. Mentally she will be dead after Rudy dies so all that needs to happen is for her to die physically. Almost all Holocaust books end in a sad way.
For example, Sarah's Key is another Holocaust book about a Jewish girl that gets sent to a concentration camp and escapes with a friend named Rachel. By the end of the book, she has lost her mother, father, brother, and Rachel. She also looses her mind and commits suicide from having to deal with too much grief and regret.
One way or another, Liesel's life will end within the pages of The Book Thief.
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