Just when I thought we were all healthy in my household, Dawson got an ear infection! Do you know how hard it is to do a zoom call from 8-4 with a sick baby. My mom had him half the day and I had him the other half. We were both doing professional development online. This world is crazy. I fear for the world Dawson has to grow up in. I am not going to touch on the issues going on in our country, but I am praying hard for this world we live in.
I just recently finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I had no idea what this novel was going to be about going into it; all I knew was that our 10th grade English class study it. Right off the bat I noticed that our narrator was not your average Joe. The narrator is death. When I realized this I said to myself, "Oh this is going to be good." The novel is all about the Holocaust and it is shown from a German point of view. Leisel Meminger's mother gives her away to a foster German family. On the trip to this new family, Leisel's brother dies. So right from the start death is there. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of it, because I think you should read it for yourself. Just know that a German family hides a Jew in their basement for a while, and death is around every corner. That last line of the novel really got me though..."I am haunted by humans."
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