Characters

Liesel Meminger- A child who was put up for adoption with her younger brother, Werner, who dies on thier way to thier foster parents. Her foster parents are Rosa and Hans Hubermann and her bestfrind is Rudy, who is madly in love with her. As her foster parents hides a Jew named Max, they become great friends. Since Rudy is madly in love with her he often asks for a kiss, but Liesel refuses, until Rudy dies in a bombing and she realizes that she is in love with Rudy and gives him one final kiss. Liesel has blond hair and brown eyes. She is more of a Tomboy.

Hans Hubermann- The foster parent of Liesel, former soilder during the World War 1, and now a painter. Hans dropped out of school when he was in third grade, but Liesel finds a book she is dying to read and Hans becomes commited to make sure his daughter knows how to read. While teaching Liesel how to read, Hans and Rosa decide to hide a Jew who is the son of the man who saved Hans life. Hans loves to play the accordian and often plays for Liesel. Hans also disagrees with the Nazi party, but is drafted to help in the Holocaust. Almost a year later Hans returns and six months later dies in the bombing on Himmel Street. He has silvery-grey eyes and is really tall. He is one .of the Humble Man in the book.

Rosa Hubermann- The other foster parent of Liesel and does the washing and ironing for the people on her street. She is very foul-mouthed and often calls Liesel a "dirty pig" (saumensch in German) affectionately. Rosa slowly starts to lose customers one by one until she is left with the Mayor. She also has to other children Trudy and Hans Jr. Rosa's life ends in a bombing. She is very short, with an extremely wrinkled face, and has browny-grey 'elastic' hair often tied up in a bun.

Rudy Steiner-The best friend of Liesel and her childhood love is a very talented boy. Jesse Owens is his all time favorite athlete and Rudy is famous for his Jesse Owens trick, when he used a coal rubbed hiself black and ran all around. Many times he would do things for Liesel and after doing it ask for a kiss. As usual Liesel refuses, but one day Rudy dies in a bombing and he gets his final wish.

Max Vandenburg-A Jewish fist-fighter who the Hubermanns hide in thier basement. He has feather-like hair and swampy brown eyes. Max finds Hans Hubermann and convinces him to shelter him because of Hans' friendship with Max's father. Max becomes really close friends with Liesel because they both have nightmares. He writes two books for her and presents her with a sketchbook that contains his life story. He is taken away by the Germans to a concentration camp, but manages to return to Molching after the war and brought back to Liesel at the end of the novel. By: Deja Chester

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