Though Felix loves stories, he doesn’t hold books as objects sacred—he’s perfectly willing to use them as tools for survival in ways that have nothing to do with their story content. Here, for example, he hides under a pile of books to escape Nazis. Yet he does make sure to take
Just William with him, which shows both his love of books and his desire to stay connected to his parents (who introduced him to
Just William). The Nazi soldier’s focus on Zelda’s locket, meanwhile, suggests there’s something important about it.