Number the Stars - Softcover

Lowry, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440227534 ISBN 13: 9780440227533

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 1998

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.

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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

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: Laurel Leaf
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0440227534
• ISBN 13: 9780440227533
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 137