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In WWII Liesel’s mother sent her and her brother to a foster family. On the way Liesel’s brother dies. Liesel goes anyway. Liesel is very uncomfortable but then becomes friends with her new father, Hans, and he teaches her to read. One day Liesel starts stealing books. Hans hides a Jewish man named man named Max in his basement. Max and Liesel become friends. Soon there are air raids but no one is hurt. Hans is caught helping Jewish people being sent to Dachau and is sent to war. Max leaves because of this. Will Hans and Max survive?

media type="custom" key="8879918" What are the steps to solving a problem? Define: Liesel defined the problem of Max being found by the Nazis. Plan: Hans told Max just to stay hidden in the basement and hide behind drop sheets and paint cans. Act: Max hid while the Nazi's measured to see if the basement was big enough for a air raid shelter. Reflect: Liesel reflected by thinking it was just dumb luck and thought it would never work again.

Reading Strategies I used Determining Importance. I used determining importance by putting post it notes (VIPs) in important places. One VIP is when Max leaves. This changed the whole plot and how the character's life. One other VIP is when Hans is sent to the War. This is important because it changed the plot and also he possibly was killed. One of the most important VIP's is when Liesel writes in the basement during the air raid. This is important because it caused her to survive the air raid when no when else did. I used this because in some books it is hard to define what is important and what is not so you may get confused.