It was a snowy night when Liesel Meminger (the book thief) and her six-year-old brother Werner were traveling with their mother by train to the city Munich. This town is where Liesel and her brother will be placed into the foster care system. During the train ride, Liesel has a dream about Adolf Hitler. He is speaking at a rally and smiles at Liesel. She greets him in broken German, but before he can respond he wakes up from the dream. While his mother sleeps, Werner dies and Death takes his spirit away. The trains stop and they get off the train. Two train guards discuss what they should do with Werner's corpse. Two days later his body was buried by gravediggers. Liesel digs up her brother's grave, but is taken away by her mother. And before she gets back on the train that takes her to her new foster home, Liesel steals a black book from the cemetery. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay In Munich, Liesel is handed over to foster care authorities. She is taken to Himmelstrasse, which in German is heaven. This city is where his adoptive parents live. The names of his adoptive parents are Rosa Huberman and Hans Huberman. The woman is described as stocky and short-tempered. Her husband, Hans, is a tall, quiet man who rolls his own cigarettes. Liesel refuses to get out of the car when she first arrives home, but Hans eventually convinces her to leave. As Liesel refuses to get out of the car, a crowd gathers across the street. They stand and watch the scene before Rosa insults them and tells them to mind their own business. Liesel brought with her only a small suitcase containing some clothes and the book she stole in the cemetery: The Gravedigger's Manual. Death says that Liesel will steal many books and make two from a hidden Jew. When Liesel arrives at her new home, she is very malnourished. Her biological father was a communist, but she doesn't really understand what that entails. Liesel feels as if her mother has abandoned her, but she realizes that she is being saved from poverty and that her mother only did this to help her. In the book, Rosa is described as someone who loves Liesel, but at the same time is very harsh towards her. He constantly shouts swear words at Liesel and once even called her a pig because she didn't take a bath. However, Hans treats Liesel much kinder. He is a house painter and plays the accordion. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay Teach Liesel how to roll a cigarette. As time passes, Liesel begins to not call her adoptive parents by name, but instead refers to them as Mom and Dad. During the first two months of living with her new parents, Liesel continually has nightmares about her brother, almost every night. Her nightmares made her wet the bed.