Author - Lois Lowry
Publisher - Dell, 1989.
Page #'s - 137.
Rating - 5/5
Number the Stars is the tale of families living in Copenhagen during the Nazi rule of WWII. One family, the Rosens, are Jewish and the other, the Johansens, helps to hide them when the Jews are being deported by the Nazis. The families have many close calls with getting caught. In the end, Annemarie must be brave to save her Jewish best friend, Ellen.
The story is exciting and a good reminder of the struggles that the Jewish people went through during WWII. It also shows the good in people and how families risked everything to help each other. This is a great book for children who are interested in what happened to the Jews during the Nazi regime. It is sad but appropriate for young readers. This was one of my favorites as a young reader and I still enjoyed the exciting tale as an adult.
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