Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1989 - Juvenile Fiction - 137 pages

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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User Review  - Sean191 - LibraryThing

Number the Stars was a decent book, but maybe I expected more from Lowry. Just the subject matters itself provides plenty of tension and ways to move the story forward, but beyond the obvious, I didn't feel there was a lot done with the story.

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User Review  - brytniewheeler - LibraryThing

Number the Stars is a novel about a 10 year old girl, Annemarie Johansen's contribution to the resistance movement in Denmark during World War 2. Annemarie is faced with knowing that the Nazis are ...

About the author

Lois Lowry was twice the recipient of the Newbery Medal, for Number the Stars and for The Giver. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Number the Stars; Laurel-leaf books; Laurel-leaf books. Newbery
• Author: Lois Lowry
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1989
• ISBN: 0440227534, 9780440227533
• Length: 137 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship