NUMBER THE STARS - Softcover

Lowry, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440220335 ISBN 13: 9780440220336

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 1996

Synopsis

It’s 1943 Copenhagen and the Jews of Denmark are being “relocated,” so Annemarie Johansen’s best friend, Ellen, moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. When Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission, she must find the courage to save her friend’s life.

About this title

Review:

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

"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 now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at loislowry.com or follow her on Twitter @LoisLowryWriter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0440220335
• ISBN 13: 9780440220336
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback