Number the Stars (A Yearling book)

by Lois Lowry

A powerful story set in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1943. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best-friend, Ellen - a Jew. It is 1943 and for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life is still fun - school, family, sharing fairy stories with her little sister. But there are dangers and worries too - the Nazis have occupied Copenhagen and there are food shortages, curfews and the constant threat of being stopped by soldiers. And for Annemarie the dangers become even greater...her best-friend Ellen is a Jew. When Ellen's parents are taken away to be 'relocated' by the Nazis, Ellen is taken in by Annemarie's parents and suddenly Annemarie's family are under threat too. Annemarie has to call upon all her resources for courage and bravery as she helps her friend make a daring escape. A Newbery Medal winner by an acclaimed author *For readers from 8 to 12 *

• ISBN10: 0395510600
• ISBN13: 9780395510605
• Publish Date: 24 April 1989 (first published 1 January 1989)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Clarion Books
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

This morning we finally finished reading Number the Stars. We've been working on this one for a while but took a hiatus when I was coughing so much. Now my voice is back and I've been reading all day with glee.

[inlibrisveritas]

Not bad, I'm glad I waited to read it until I was an adult though. I wouldn't have appreciated it as much as a kid.

[Bianca]

“It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.

— An educational, suspenseful, and hopeful WWII story.