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Number the Stars

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As Hitler secretly prepared to round up all the Jews of Denmark, someone (to this day no one knows who, although there are some theories) warned the government. The result is that almost all of the 7,500 Jewish people living in Denmark managed to escape the country in the space of a few days, even though the country was already under the occupation of watchful Nazi troops.

This book is about that escape. Annmarie is 10 years old and lives in the same appartment building as her best friend, Ellen, who is Jewish. One day, Ellen's parents must flee and Ellen moves in with Annmarie and pretends to be her dead sister. Annmarie, her parents, and her little sister must band together with the rest of the Danish resistance to get Ellen to safety.

This is an exciting, fast-paced book about bravery and doing what's right. The characters are very realistic and human. This is an inspiring story for any child, and it teaches a very interesting history lesson to any adult who might not know the story of how practically no Danish Jews died under Hitler.

Number The Stars is a very good book wrighten by Lois Lowry.
This is a very good and interesting book about World War Two and what the German's did to the Jews, and how Hitles wanted to eliminate all Jews. German Solders are on every corner to watch and control everything the people would do. The book took place in Denmark. Some of the main characters are Annemarie Johansen, a ten year old girl, that is growing up at the time of the war in 1943.
Annemarie's best friend was a Jew, the solders came to the room and ...... read Number The Stars by Lois Lowry to find out what happens.

I liked the book, even though it is typically not my type of book. Number the Stars is a good book to learn about World War II. The reason why I liked this book is because one family is trying to save another family from the Nazis. They had to go through a lot of
trouble to get them safely to Sweden.

This is my favourite kids book and I was a little bit nervous that whoever was reading it on the audio might not do it justice, but when I listened to it, I was really impressed. It was interesting to listen to. They did an awesome job!

While the book is mostly fiction, it is based on historic events, and whether you like to read about this period in history, or just enjoy short stories, this is a fun book to read. Its not the most exciting book on the subject out there, but the story is easy to follow and the characters are relatively well developed.

I especially enjoyed the authors afterword, where she explains which parts of the story were fact and fiction, as it helps the reader consider the events and historical significance of an infrequently written about area (geographically) of the war.

Though the book should not be viewed as a history book per se, it is well worth the read, even for adults. Also, the story may initiate further reading outside of school for young adults or teens interested in this period of history.

The only real annoyance with the book was the quality of the printing on some pages, as the letters were not always crisp and clear.

I first read this book in grade four along with the rest of my class. I immediately fell in love with it and have read it again and again over the years. Number the Stars is an excellent introduction of the Second World War and the Holocaust for children, as events are described without becoming too gruesome. Written from a child's perspective, the important questions are evolked without being too harsh for a child to comprehend. The fact that the question of 'why' this happened is not easily answered reveals the truth of the situation. 'Why' can never be answered in a satisfactory manner and children are carefully eased towards this notion. Also helpful for children, this book ends with a tainted yet happy ending. Children are comforted by a happy ending and Lowry creates one out of a dark time. Personally, this book got me interested in learning more about the Holocaust and WWII, leading to my position as a university student of history focusing on the Holocaust. This book is an excellent starting point for teaching children about this dark point in humanity.

This book is exciting and scary. To think girls really had to llive like this is sad but it is a good book. I liked the way they took in the girl to stay with them and the way a girl had to do something scary to try and save her firend form the nazis. If you like this book you will also maybe like other books about girls in hard places to be like Camp of the angel and the bears house as well as pictures of hollis woods.

This is a great book it is funny at some parts, but the rest is all sad. I think it is so cool at every part!!! Ithink everyone should read this book!!!

The best way to learn history is not through text books! Historical fiction, like Number the Stars, is entertaining while being really interesting to read at the same time.

Ten-year old Annemarie and her sister and her best friend live in Denmark around the time of WWII. They are racing down the street for fun, when they are stopped by two German Soldiers who question them while poking their book bags with their guns and touching their hair. The suspense is there until the last page.

I would recommend this book for 10 (depending on maturity level) and up.

Number the stars is a great book.In the story it mostly talk about war war 2. Number the stars is a great book because it mostly talks about bravery and smartness. Number the stars also about people dieing and a war going on. I would give Number of the stars 4 stars.If you ask me for my opinion I would say," you have to read Number of the stars because you would feel sad, happy, excited, hurtful, and very unfar."