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Clarion Books, 2011-02-05

Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

Lois Lowry, Author

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In 1943 Copenhagen, the Germans begin their campaign to "relocate" the Jews of Denmark. So Annemarie Johansen's parents take in her best friend Ellen Rosen and pretend that she is a part of their family. This edition includes a new Introduction by the author.
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Quiet courage makes history human. With restrained prose and moral clarity, this Newbery winner invites readers to stand beside the brave and examine what it means to risk everything for another.

Keywords and Themes: Bravery • Compassion • Conviction • Courage • Family • Freedom • Friendship • Girls & Women • Historical • Holocaust • Honor • Justice • Juvenile Fiction • Military & Wars • Responsibility • Sacrifice • Social Themes • Values & Virtues

Readability • 4.8

Age Range • 10-12

Pages • 160

Subjects • Jews • World War • 1939-1945 • Friendship • Friendship in children • Rescue • Denmark

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Holocaust • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues

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."

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