The Book Thief By nikaiya.lawson Jan 13, 1939 Liesle and Werner get on the train; Werner dies Jan 15, 1939 Werner is buried; Liesle steals her first book Feb 16, 1939 Liesle's birthday Mar 15, 1939 Liesel meets Rudy and begins school Mar 28, 1939 Liesle learns to read Dec 17, 1939 Liesle reads to her class and gets into a fight Dec 17, 1939 Finishes The Grave Digger's Handbook Dec 25, 1939 Papa gives Liesel two books for Christmas Jan 4, 1940 The first customer cancels laundry service Jan 16, 1940 Liesel's class begins to write letters Feb 15, 1940 Another customer cancels Mar 24, 1940 Hans Junior runs away Apr 20, 1940 Liesel steals The Shoulder Shrug from Nazi book burning Apr 20, 1940 Hitler's birthday May 20, 1940 Liesel is shown the Ilsa's library Jun 5, 1940 Liesel and Rudy steal apples Sep 20, 1940 Max Leaves Oct 12, 1940 Liesel and Rudy steal from Otto Strum Nov 3, 1940 Max leaves for Munich Nov 4, 1940 Max arrives at the Hubermann's Nov 7, 1940 Max moves into the basement Feb 23, 1941 Liesel is given The Standover Man May 13, 1941 Max tells Liesel about fighting against the Führer Jun 1, 1941 Ilsa cancels services Jun 1, 1941 Liesle returns book to Ilsa out of anger Oct 31, 1941 Rudy and Liesel steal The Whistler Nov 4, 1941 Rudy retrieves The Whistler Nov 4, 1941 Viktor throws The Whistler into the water Dec 24, 1941 Snow in the basement Dec 24, 1941 Max falls ill Feb 23, 1942 Liesel gives Max 13 presents Mar 4, 1942 Liesel steals The Dream Carrier Mar 12, 1942 Max finally wakes up May 5, 1942 NSDAP is searching for suitable air-raid shelters on Himmel Street Aug 21, 1942 Track and Field day for Hitler Youth Sep 4, 1942 The Sirens Sep 19, 1942 A real raid happens on Himmel Street Sep 20, 1942 Holtzapfel asks if Liesel will read to her Sep 20, 1942 Nazi leaders ask to recruit Rudy Sep 20, 1942 Hans gives a Jew bread Sep 20, 1942 The Parade of Jews Nov 4, 1942 A letter comes for Hans from the NSDAP Nov 9, 1942 Hans goes off to the war Nov 25, 1942 Liesel and Rudy go to find the Fuhrer Nov 26, 1942 Hans' first raid Dec 13, 1942 Liesel and Rudy give bread to Jews Dec 24, 1942 Liesel gives Rudy a Christmas gift Jan 14, 1943 Liesel is greeted by Frau Holtazpfel's son Feb 2, 1943 Papa's coming home Feb 20, 1943 Hans' truck gets in an accident Mar 9, 1943 The Bombing of Munich Mar 10, 1943 The Dead Pilot Apr 11, 1943 Papa arrives home Jun 22, 1943 Michael Holtzapfel commits suicide Aug 5, 1943 Diesel tells Rudy about Max Aug 5, 1943 Liesel finds Max Aug 19, 1943 Ilsa gives Liesel a journal Oct 7, 1943 Ilsa gives Liesel a journal Oct 7, 1943 Liesel says goodbye