The Book Thief 1-100

In 1939 Liesel Meminger, a nine year old, was on a train with her family when her six year old younger brother died. The grave diggers dug a grave for him and when they walked away a book fell out of the ones pocket. Liesel took it from the ground and kept it even though she could not read. Her and her mother left the graveyard soon after. Liesel was take away from her mother and had to go to a foster home on Himmel Street in Germany to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann (Mama and Papa). Liesel met her friend Rudy Steiner who lived next door and they would soon become the best of friends. All the neighborhood kids liked to play soccer together and both Liesel and Rudy were very good. One night Papa found out that Liesel didn't know how to read and he offered to teach her. He wasn't the best reader himself but he knew that he could teach her if they both put forth the effort. Most of the time when they did their reading lessons it was late into the night when Mama was already sleeping. Liesel delivered ironing to people and got paid for it. The Hubermanns did not have a lot of money so everything she could get helped out. At school in November the teacher had everyone in the class get up and read except Liesel. She told the teacher she could do it so she stood up there but got too nervous and couldn't read what was in front of her. Whenever the Germans would have a burning Liesel would steal a book though. She loved books and was getting better at reading them. For Christmas she received two books from Mama and Papa and she was very happy about that. Later on she asked Papa if she could write a letter to her real mother. He told her sure and so she wrote her mother a letter and sent it. She searched the mailbox for  a reply through January and February but nothing ever came. She had written four other letters and one day she took money from her Mama and sent those letters. When Rosa asked her what happened to the money she lied at first but then told her she had taken it to send letters. Rosa beat her with a wooden spoon. Then she said sorry, but not for hitting Liesel, it was because they both knew her mother would never reply to those letters.