The Standover Man

From pages 221-236 Liesel finds a "book" that the Jew that is hiding in her basement wrote.  Of course more happened in this chapter.  Max the Jew came to the door of the Hubermanns.  Hans and Rosa had to let him in because Hans owed Max's dad a favor.  They where friends in the army but max's Father died.  Max lives in the basement hiding from the Germans.  Liesel slowly teaches him how to read and write. Of course that is how Max wrote "The Standover Man".  Its about how people always stood over him and were more important then him.  But in the end he discovers that the most important stand over man to him wasn't actually a man but just a girl, Liesel.

CHAPTER SUMMARY

Hans owes the Vandenburg's a favor because Max's father saved Hans' life during WWI

Liesel brought Max extra food.  She helped him learn to read and write by writing on the wall in the basement with Han's paint.

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