The Gates of Thievery/Book of Fire

These two sections lead up to the next book Liesel steals. It shows the event that lead up to this, which was the Führer's birthday. This lead to the burning of many things. A few of the many items were books, which in this case included The Shoulder Shrug. This was one of the books that were wet, thus surviving the fire. These sections also include Papa slapping Liesel for saying that she hates Hitler.