This is a New York Times bestseller.
Exposition: The main character is Liesel, who is 9 when we meet her. She is a German girl who lives with foster parents Hans and Rosa during World War II. She steals books. Death is telling her story.
Conflict: The characters are trying to survive World War II Germany, without supporting Hitler and while hiding Max, a Jew.
Rising Action: Hans comforts Liesel after her brother dies and teaches her to read.
Climax: Liesel figures out that her father was prosecuted for being a communist, and that her mother was probably killed by the Nazis for the same thing.
Falling Action: Hans is caught feeding a Jewish man bread, so Max is taken.
Resolution: Liesel is in her basement writing, and an air raid hits their street and kills Hans, Rosa, and other friends. Liesel and Max survive the war.
The most obvious literary quality is that of point of view, since death is telling the story. I think that theme is the second, as this is a coming of age tale.
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