Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner


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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."



Author: Lois Lowry
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/24/1989
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.09h x 5.78w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780395510605
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 379 / Number the Stars


Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Winner
Award: Maine Student Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/01/1997

About the Author
Lowry, Lois: -

Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.
www.loislowry.com
Twitter @LoisLowryWriter

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