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women in literature; Liesel Meminger

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

“After another ten minutes, the gates of thievery would open just a crack, and Liesel Meminger would widen them a little further and squeeze through.

Would the gates shut behind her? Or would they have the goodwill to let her back out?

As Liesel would discover, a good thief requires many things. Stealth. Nerve. Speed. More important than any of those things, however, was one final requirement. Luck”