Rudy Steiner is one of the Steiner's six children. Because of this, he is always hungry. He is very good at street soccer, and is obsessed with the Olympian Jesse Owens. He dreams of being the next Jesse Owens and is always challenging people to race.
He is eight months older than the main character Liesel and they soon become good friends. Rudy Steiner has a crush on Liesel and is always on her side, even when the kids at school bug her about her lack of education. He loves to be with the opposite sex, as mostly everyone else was afraid of it. Rudy tries to get a kiss from Liesel on several different occasions. He has been unsuccessful (so far). Rudy has bony limbs, blue eyes and blonde hair. In the second part of the book Rudy and Liesel join a small band of kids who go stealing apples from farmers, as they are always very hungry. Rudy like to walk with Liesel while she picks up and delivers the laundry from the rich poeple.
Rudy speaks with quite a lot of slang and tends to swear. He likes to gossip about the neighbours and he was the one who informed Liesel about everyone in the neighbourhood.
He is eight months older than the main character Liesel and they soon become good friends. Rudy Steiner has a crush on Liesel and is always on her side, even when the kids at school bug her about her lack of education. He loves to be with the opposite sex, as mostly everyone else was afraid of it. Rudy tries to get a kiss from Liesel on several different occasions. He has been unsuccessful (so far). Rudy has bony limbs, blue eyes and blonde hair. In the second part of the book Rudy and Liesel join a small band of kids who go stealing apples from farmers, as they are always very hungry. Rudy like to walk with Liesel while she picks up and delivers the laundry from the rich poeple.
Rudy speaks with quite a lot of slang and tends to swear. He likes to gossip about the neighbours and he was the one who informed Liesel about everyone in the neighbourhood.
One day, Liesel, you'll be dying to kiss me.
-Rudy Steiner, pg. 55