A girl stealing books in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death โ in emoji.
Narrated by Death, the story follows young Liesel in WWII Germany, who steals books, learns to read, and shelters a Jewish man in her foster family's basement.
Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.
The main characters, one emoji each โ tap any to copy.
The book-stealing girl.
Her gentle foster father.
The Jewish man they hide.
The story's weary narrator.
A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.
Death itself narrates the novel โ a weary, compassionate voice haunted by the humans it collects.