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The Book Thief Characters
Please use this sheet to keep track of important information about characters as you read
The Book Thief. Be sure you include page numbers so you can find the information again.
Use a combination of direct quotes (USE QUOTATION MARKS) and your own words to record
information.
1. Death (Omniscient narrator - when an author chooses to write from a point of view
(POV) that knows everything about every character. This includes knowing what each
character experiences through the five senses, as well as what each one thinks.)
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2. Liesel Meminger
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3. Werner Meminger
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4. Rosa Hubermann
“…looked like a small wardrobe…” (27); short-tempered (27)
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5. Hans Hubermann
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6. Liesel’s biological mother
Very sick and unable to care for her children (24 - 25)
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7. Liesel’s biological father
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8. Rudy Steiner
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9. Frau Diller
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10. Alex Steiner
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11. Hans Hubermann, Jr.
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12. Trudy Hubermann
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13. Tommy Müller
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14. Frau Holtzapfel
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15. Michael Holtzapfel
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16. Robert Holtzapfel
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17. Ilsa Hermann
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18. Max Vandenburg
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19. Arthur Berg
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20. Walter Kugler
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21. Franz Deutscher
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22. Viktor Chemmel
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23. Rheinhold Zucker
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