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Description for Number the Stars
Paperback.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sandpiper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
137
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780547577098
SKU
V9780547577098
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 8 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. She has received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, visit her website at www.loislowry.com.
Reviews for Number the Stars
The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable
impossible to put down; difficult to forget.
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impossible to put down; difficult to forget.
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