Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner - Hardcover

Lowry, Lois

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395510600 ISBN 13: 9780395510605

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1989

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town.

The Nazi won't stop. The Jews of Denmark are being "relocated, " so Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family.

Then Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission. Somehow she must find the strength and courage to save her best friend's life. There's no turning back now.

About this title

Review:

"The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable--impossible to put down; difficult to forget."
--The Horn Book

About the Author:

Lois Lowry is the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at loislowry.com or follow her on Twitter @LoisLowryWriter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0395510600
• ISBN 13: 9780395510605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144