GRAVE DIGGER’S HANDBOOK The significance of the Grave Diggers Handbook to Liesel is that it is a memento that she takes to keep a connection with her Brother’s death. As a little girl Liesel knows that she may never visit that grave spot to visit her brother again, so the book takes her back. To […]

Liesel: “For Liesel Meminger, there was the imprisoned stiffness of movement, and the staggered onslaught of thoughts.” All she knows is pain and suffering. Liesel can’t read but she seems to understand all of her thoughts although she may be vulnerable. When liesel arrives at the Hubermanns on Himmel street she holds back, resistant to […]

The Prologue: Colour Imagery What do EACH of these colours represent in these pages? What do they show is taking place? What atmosphere or feeling is created around the characters and events through this colour imagery? What do the colours make you think of? “First up is something white. Of the blinding kind.” Death starts […]

Select quotations in the text that reveal important information about the narrator Death. Explain what these quotations tell you about this character and reflect on the author’s purpose in the lines you have chosen: What was Markus Zusak wanting to convey through these lines? How does this representation assist to develop ideas, events, the setting purposefully […]