Book of Fire

In this final section of Part Two, Liesel commits her first act of book thievery by stealing a novel that miraculously escaped the flames of the bonfire. -It is obvious that she knew such an action was absolutely unacceptable in the eyes of Nazi Germany. What do you think led her to still commit this “crime?”

We end this part of the book with the comment that “a book was eating [Liesel] up.” -Though this is statement is literal, since a smoldering book is pressed against her bare skin, is there more to it than that? Foreshadow? Symbolism? Anything at all?

Any final comments on Part Two?