The Reader

After Sefia's father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin. But Nin is kidnapped, and Sefia is left completely alone, with only the odd rectangular object her fathe ...

After Sefia's father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin. But Nin is kidnapped, and Sefia is left completely alone, with only the odd rectangular object her father left behind, a book - a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and discover what really happened to her father.