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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.

This is yet another children’s book set during WWII with a standoff between the Jews and the Nazis. However, this book has an interesting twist. It is a little known fact that when the Nazis threatened to relocate all the Jews in Denmark, the Danish people came to their aid and smuggled almost the entire Jewish population, nearly 7,000 people, to the safety of Sweden. While the backdrop is true, the specific characters that the story centers around are fictional. They are engaging and draw us into the story. The author’s prose is very understated, and she conveys in a few sentences what many cannot convey in entire pages.

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Number the Stars Details

• File Size: 1238 KB ( Download PDF : )


• Language: English


• ASIN: B003JFJHOS


• Print Length: 146 pages


• Author : Lois Lowry


• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (April 24, 1989)


• Publication Date: April 24, 1989

About the Author

LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.