Number the Stars (A Yearling book)

by 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.

With a new introduction by the author.

• ISBN10: 0547577095
• ISBN13: 9780547577098
• Publish Date: 2 May 2011 (first published 1 January 1989)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 160
• 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.