The Book Thief Chapter 30

A Good Girl

• It's November 1940. It's (still) the night Max comes to the house on Himmel Street. He's twenty-four years old.
• He's very tired.
• Hans looks outside to make sure nobody has seen.
• It's seems crazy to Max that he's safe, but it seems to be the case.
• Hans makes sure the curtains are closed tightly.
• At that moment, Max breaks down into a crouched position, in the darkness.
• When he looks up he sees Liesel watching them.
• She calls out to Hans.
• He tells her that everything is okay and sends her back to bed.
• When she looks back, she "can decipher the outline of a book on the table" (30.12).
• She hears Hans tell Max not to worry—Liesel is "a good girl" (30.13).
• Liesel listens to them talking for about an hour.
• Death ends the chapter by saying, "One wild card [is] yet to be played" (30.15).