I read The Book Thief. It is by Markus Zusak, and it is a book narrated by a personification of death, about a German girl who lives in Nazi Germany during World War II. Death becomes interested in the girl after seeing her at the site of her brother's death, where she steals a book for the first time. Book theft seems to follow the story of the girl's life, through not having a stable family life, not owning anything, to eventually having a family and being able to read to give others pleasure and solace. What is the book about? I am not sure. Death follows the girl through her whole life, but only tells the part of her life story that has to do with the war.
I'm writing this after having read two more books, so I have trouble remembering things like the book's themes. I think the book thief is a girl who has to find her way at the same time that other characters are in danger of losing their paths through life. Caring for the girl helps those other people retain their humanity. She learns how to be a human being through her interactions with these other people.
A side note: It would be difficult for me to read a book about a character sympathetic to the Nazi regime. That is not an issue in this story. The girl identifies Adolf Hitler as the person ultimately responsible for the death and disappearance of her parents, so she has a solid hatred for him beginning early in the story.
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