Mark Of The Thief Report

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Liesel Meminger is a nine year old girl that was living in Germany in 1939. Her mother was taken away from Liesel and her brother. When Liesel and her brother where going to go see their mother Liesel brother died. She found a book called “The Grave Diggers Handbook”. Liesel was taken to a foster home. She gets along with her foster parents. The foster parent’s names are Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The foster parents of Liesel show her how to read and write. Liesel best friend name is Rudy Steiner they have many memories together. They both are thieves, Rudy and Liesel. Rudy has a big crush on Liesel. Max Vandenburg is a Jew being hidden in the basement of Liesel basement. Liesel and Rudy stole books from

In the beginning of the novel, Ishmael beah’s village Mattru Jong was attacked and was split up from his parents then got to the village ,kamator was attacked and had run into the forest and hid from the rebels . Ishmael had lost where his friends and brother went Ishmael had to learn to live on his own , finding food for himself and shelter and trying to find his family. “I looked around the forest for one of the medicinal leaves that Grandfather had said remove poison from the body. I might need it if the fruit I had eaten was poisonous.” (beah,51).

Have you ever wished you could have superpowers? Jennifer A. Nielsen succeeds in granting this wish with her masterpiece, Mark of the Thief. This book is a thriller for those who enjoy fantasy books. Throughout the book, the author discusses the lives of slaves through the main character, Nicolas Calva. The suggested age for readers is preteens due to the humor and violent content.

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, takes place in 1940s Nazi Germany in the small town of Molching. The main character, Liesel Meminger, takes on a role as the foster child of Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She also meets a young boy named Rudy Steiner, who goes on to be her best friend and lover. In the book, Liesel faces many challenges big and small. From hiding a Jew in the basement to a thieving lifestyle, Liesel has to learn to overcome all of life's problems. Through all of this, she is supported by her foster father Hans Hubermann who is caring to people he barely knows, intelligence despite his lack of education, and generosity even when he has little for himself.

3. What are the best parts of this book? Why? What are the worst parts of this book? Why? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain.

Liesel Meminger is the daughter of Paula Meminger. She is also the sister of late Warren Meminger. Consequently, she steals the first book in the novel, called The Gravedigger's Handbook. Therefore, Death gave her the nickname of “ the book thief” before us knowing that she would become “the book thief”. Liesel Meminger is the hardworking, book-thieving, kind-hearted protagonist of The Book Thief. She loves books so much that she steals them, even before knowing how to read. All of this started because stealing books reminds her of Warren Meminger. This is even she bonds more with Hans Hubermann, her foster father, dedicates his time to teach her how to read. We might be asking, why hasn’t she gotten an education at the age of 10. The answer is not as clear as others, but it definitely has to do with Liesel father’s communist affiliations. He was part of the German Communist Party, that was popular when Hitler took over. This is also the reason why she had to be fostered.

The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, outlines the tragedies and events that take place in Liesel Meminger’s life, in Nazi Germany. Throughout this young girl’s struggle of living in the oppressive Nazi regime, she is able to learn crucial lessons about life and the art of survival- some that follow her to the grave. The most important lesson she learned and the pivotal theme of the novel is that rebellion can be and beneficial in certain situations.

In the modern, award-winning novel Mark of the Thief, by Jennifer Nielsen, the author creates a story where a protagonist, named Nic (Nicolas Calva), is ordered by General Radulf (the antagonist) to steal a magical golden bulla, or romanian medallion, from an old cave in the mines where he is enslaved with his sister, Livia. Through some painful and unintentional means, Nic somehow acquires the divine star mark on his back, which gives him the power to use the bulla; however, he does not know exactly how it works, how to use it on command, and how to control the immense power that comes flowing out of it and into him. Because of his limited knowledge regarding how to control the bulla, Nic accidentally almost murders 25,000 people in

“The Thief Lord” written by Cornelia Funke tells the tale of two brothers, Prosper, who is around 12, and Bo, who is six. The two brothers live with their wicked aunt Esther and uncle Max, who gained custody of the brothers after their mother, passes away. Esther and Max agree to only adopt Bo, and send Prosper to boarding school. Prosper, un-wanting to be separated from his brother, runs away with Bo to the famous city of Venice, Italy of which their mother used to tell them about. This causes Esther and Max to hire detective Victor Getz.

Thievery, the only way to get anything in this town. To go from peasants to nobles. Not too many people knew this fact but in the city of Kendash it was the only way. Kendash was know for its pyromancers, and artifacters but is now know for the thieves below the city. Few remember the pyromancers and now think they were a myth so the city could gain popularity.

In The Book Thief, a work of historical fiction, written by Markus Zusak introduces the main character Liesel Meminger, the reader starts to see how she keeps having many conflicts but always stays positive. Liesel has many conflicts, for example her brother dies early in the book and that shapes the way she is. Later on Liesel steals books and that makes her happy because the first book she stole was the grave digger's handbook and that is how she remembers her brother. Liesel steals and reads books this is how she finds happiness with all the bad things going on around her. In the end of the book most of the people she loves die and it is hard for her to find happiness again. The author uses the setting and point of view to express theme and to make the reader feel sympathy; He uses this because with the theme of finding light in the darkness, deaths perception, and the setting of Germany makes the theme clearer.

Imagine waking up in a unknown part of South America and the only thing you have with you is a gun and a note which says that you have to find some tribe where the people of the tribe live to be over 120 years old. The reason you have to protect is because some rich villain wants whatever they have that makes them live so long and he will kill the tribe members if he gets what he want from them. In Thief, by Mark Sullivan, Robin, the thief, is trying to save a tribe in South America where the people live to be 120 years old and throughout the book he is trying to save them from the truculent villain, who cares for nothing but himself. I also am reading Foreign Agent, by Brad Thor, which is about an agent named Scot who works for the CIA counterterriosm

The Magic Thief By Sarah Prineas. The person I chose in this book is named Connwaer, the reason I chose this book is because I really enjoy fantasy books. Connwaer is a 12 year old boy who has black hair, blue eyes, and raggedy torn up clothes from being raised up on the streets, If this book would ever to be made in to a movie I would choose Colin Ford to be Connwaer because he is a young actor and he also looks like Connwaer. Although Connwaer may look like nothing but a poor kid who walks on the roads, you may want to watch out because he is a master pickpocket and a superb lockpicker! But since he was raised on the streets he hasn’t had any schooling whatsoever so he doesn’t even know how to read. An example of when he used his pickpocket

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke is the story of a few weeks of adventure in the lives of several people, living in Venice, Italy. Set in the autumn of 2000, the story highlights the adventures of 12-year-old Prosper and five-year-old Boniface and their new friends, as they are pursued by small time private detective Victor Getz. Funke begins the novel with Prosper’s and Boniface’s rich aunt and uncle (Ester and Max Hartlieb) going to see Victor Getz in order to find them. During the interview, the reader learns that the Hartliebs only want Boniface (also known as Bo) and want to put Prosper (also known as Prop) into boarding school. The reason that the boys went to Venice is that their mom would always talk about how amazing the city was. Right after this Funke describes

I do not really consider myself a thief. In fact if asked, I would probably proudly say with a sense of self righteousness that I have never stolen anything in my life. Thieves are criminals, and I am definitely not a criminal. Except for actually I kind of have stolen something, so really I am a thief. So that makes me both a criminal and a liar.