Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner - Softcover

Lowry, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0547577095 ISBN 13: 9780547577098

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2011

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.

With a new introduction by the author.

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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: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0547577095
• ISBN 13: 9780547577098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160