On Monday, March 21 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room, there will be a book discussion on The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak for adults and students grades 9 and up. The Book Thief has been described as "an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul". Dialogue about the book will be lead by the OHES librarian, Rebecca McLean.
From goodreads.com:
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .
Narrated by Death, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she discovers something she can't resist- books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever they are to be found.
With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids, as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
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