Number the Stars
A Newbery Award Winner
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4.6 • 69 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The unforgettable Newbery Medal–winning novel from Lois Lowry. 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.
A modern classic of historical fiction, Number the Stars has won generations of fans and continues to speak to today's readers. Jessica Grose wrote in a November 2022 New York Times essay entitled "This Perfect Mother-Daughter Read Holds a Powerful Lesson for Fighting Antisemitism": “Number the Stars is particularly relevant to our family, and to this moment."
As School Library Journal put it: "Readers are taken to the very heart of Annemarie's experience, and, through her eyes, come to understand the true meaning of bravery."
Customer Reviews
This book is the best
I read this book in my class and I loved it so so much because it has so much going on and it is realistic Fiction and that is my favorite genre! Because it is so so fun and sometimes sad to think about what it must have been like to live in a time period like that
Number the stars
Amazing book gives background history on how things happened back in the day during revolutionary war.👍🏽 great book highly recommended