Number the Stars - by Lois Lowry (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This Newbery Medal-winning classic by the author of "The Giver" tells the profound, time-honored story of Annemarie, a brave 10-year-old Danish girl who helps her Jewish best friend survive the Nazis in the war-torn world of 1943. This commemorative edition features a new Introduction by the author.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>1990 Newbery Medal Winner</b> <p/> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable--impossible to put down; difficult to forget.<br>--<i>The Horn Book </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lois Lowry</b> is a two-time Newbery Medal winner for <i>Number the Stars</i> and <i>The Giver, </i> the first dystopian novel in a quartet that includes <i>Gathering Blue, Messenger, </i> and <i>Son.</i> She divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a 1769 farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, visit her website at www.loislowry.com.
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