I’ve used The Book Thief as a class read-aloud with my fifth graders. It is a great read.

That is amazing, especially at the grade level!
It was a fight to get it adopted at our site, but it’s one of my students (and I’ll admit, my own) favorite novels that we read!

It is still a fight. It helps that I am taller, and outweigh my boss. It also helps that I might be a tad cantankrous. I deftly keep them from hearing, or seeing anything that would cause the Harper Valley PTA to come looking for a fight.

Hahaha!! That’s an impressive skill set!