Number The Stars

Number The StarsAuthor(s): Lois LowryIn Lois Lowry's unforgettable Newbery Medal–winning novel, a ten-year-old Danish girl's bravery is tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943. 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.Review(s):"The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable—impossible to put down; difficult to forget."—The Horn Book Nene Award (Hawaii), Maine Student Book Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (Vermont), Golden Archer Award