Number the Stars 25th Anniversary Edition: A Newbery Award Winner - Hardcover

Lowry, Lois

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0544340000 ISBN 13: 9780544340008

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2014

Synopsis

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.

Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal.

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Review:

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

From the Back Cover:

"How brave are you little Annemarie?"

It is 1943 and for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life in Copenhagen is a complicated mix of home and school life, food shortages and the constant presence of Nazi soldiers. She knows about bravery from the stories of the dragon-slaying knights that she reads to her younger sister. But Anniemarie's best frien Ellen is a Jew. As the German troops begin their campaign to eradicate all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie is called upon for courage and a very real-life feat of bravery.

“...a decent, brave and likeable heroine who is caught by accident in harsh political affairs. 'Number the Stars' is a simple, but effective tale.”
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0544340000
• ISBN 13: 9780544340008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160