Summary (part two)

Summary (Part two)


Liesel is getting better. She is still having nightmares, but she feels more comfortable now, because Mama and Papa are very affable with her. She has a friend too, Rudy, who she likes to play with, and Papa gave to her two new books! But things aren't that good at the Hubermanns' house. The war is getting more of a reality, Rosa's client aren't asking her to wash their clothes because they are saving money to buy food and others things during the war. Rosa asks Liesel to do the service, because she thinks that people won't say "no" to a child.
The problem is that, as Liesel is the one who does the service,  she receives the payment, even if she has to give the money to Mama. Liesel miss her "true" mother, and decides to write letters to her. To send them, Liesel spends the money of the service. Rosa gets very angry with her.
Every day, Liesel checks the post box to see if her mother answered her question, but one day, the social assistant who was responsible for Liesel tells her that they've lost contact with her mother.
Days pass and Hitler's birthday arrives. People go to the front of the town hall, and to celebrate this date, Nazis burn books. Liesel tries to leave the crowd, when suddenly, she hears a voice. She knows this voice, but can't recognize it. She follows the voice and sees Ludwig Schmeikl, the boy who laughed at her when she tried to read for her class. He is hurt. Liesel doesn't like him, but feels that she has to help Ludwig. She brings him out the crowd, and the boy thanks her.
Liesel waits for Papa. When he arrives, they get into the town hall gates and watch the books burning. When Liesel sees that the soldiers aren't paying attention, Liesel picks a book which isn't burned completely. When she picks the book, she realizes that an old woman saw her doing this. Who was this strange woman?
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