The Book Thief Time Line

January 1939 Liesel's Lost

Jan 1, 1939

9-Year-old Liesel Meminger wakes up to her dead brother who dies on the train they are on with their mother where they stop at an unknown town

January 1939 The Burial

Jan 3, 1939

After Liesel made it to her destination two days after the death of her brother she made it to a town unknown to her which was covered in snow there was where her dead brother was buried.

The First Book

Jan 13, 1939

The first book the book thief (Liesel Meminger) stole was The Grave Digger's HandBook which she kept in her suitcase when she went to her foster home.