Part Five, The Whistler Summary

Life begins to take on the routine of normalcy once more in the Hubermann home. Liesel begins to spend a great deal of time in the basement, sometimes working on her reading lessons with Hans and sometimes just talking with Max. One afternoon, Max requests a haircut and Liesel gives it to him, getting it mostly even. On another afternoon, Liesel is once again reading in Frau Hermann's library. Lately Liesel has been reading only one book, the Whistler. On this afternoon, Frau Hermann offers it to Liesel, but she refuses. On the way home, Liesel finds a newspaper in the trash and takes it home to Max so he can do the crossword. Later they will read the articles together.

One day Max asks Liesel to tell him what the weather is like. Liesel describes it...