Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
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Author: Lois LowryBrand: Laurel Leaf
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-02-09
ISBN: 0440227534
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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- ISBN13: 9780440227533
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Who's The Jew??
Summary: 5 Stars
Number The Stars was a excellent book. That had a lot of excitement. It made me want to keep reading. After I tried to place the book down it wouldn't let it leave my hand. It was an excellent 137 pages. If you have ever read the Anastasia series you would know that Lois Lowry is a great author. This author has also written Gathering Blue and my favorite, The Giver. This book was a Newberry Medal winner and made it onto the ALA book list. It is a Historical Fiction book which is one of my favorite genres.
A brief summary of the book would be that Ellen a 10-12 year old girl attends her Jewish mass only to find out that she is going to be kidnapped. She is told to go to their neighbors. They have her pretend that she is one of their daughters. Later German soldiers come looking for her. They can't find her in her own home so they come check the neighbors. They pull the three girls out of bed and stare and them. They don't believe that she is part of their family. So the soldiers leave the house. In the morning they decide that the girls shouldn't go to school. They think that it will be safest at their uncles so the girls and mother leave for Annemarie's uncles right away. Once there they think that Annemarie's aunt is dead in a coffin. The German soldiers come again but to the Uncle Henrick's house they raid the house searching for Jews but before they realize they are surrounded by tons of Jews they see a coffin and want to open it. Before they can open it the mother says that the aunt died from a very contagious decease that stays in the body even after it is dead. The German soldiers rush out of there as if their pants were on fire and the nearest water hole was 10 miles away plus they don't know how to stop drop and roll. Later that night they open the coffin but instead of there being a dead lady it is a bunch of clothes. They put them on and head out for the uncles boat. On the way there something terrible happens leaving Annemarie to save her friend or she might have a unfortunate event.
As you might guess Number The Stars is a adventurous book, but the author still manages to put humor into it. One thing I really thought was funny was that Kristi a little girl around 5 years old is talking back to these German soldiers without thinking and saying the oddest things. A good example is when soldiers are interrogating them about being Jewish when they aren't. Kristi says, "I'm going to my Uncle Hnricks and I'm wherein me brand new shiny black shoes," when they actually are fish skin shoes covered with black ink. Another thing I liked and thought was humorous was when Annemarie acted like Kristi to the soldiers. One other thing was how the soldiers were being cruel to the girl by taking the lunch and throwing it on the ground or at least they thought they thought they were.
This book is pretty scary and nerve racking in some parts. So as you might guess a nerve racking story line is going to need brave characters. Even when that means anything goes. For example the parents lied about who was there kids and who wasn't to the Germans. The little girl Kristi is brave and protective of herself and her family. Also Annemarie kept her cool in front of the soldiers even though she use to be dead frighten of them.
I believe this book is for those readers who like action mystery and humor. It is a outrageously great book. The author Lois Lowry put so many different genres and taste into this one book it is amassing that she didn't win more awards for this book. It was hilarious action book with the oddest things said. I also liked it because I felt as if the author was so deeply detailed. I recommend this book because I am sure that almost everybody will like it. I use to think that it was just for girls but it is a great book for boys too.
Summary of Number the Stars
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained and then sent to the death camps. Within hours the Danish resistance, population and police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 Jews to Sweden. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account to bring this courageous tale to life. She brings the experience to life through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen, whose family harbors her best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up and helps smuggles Ellen's family out of the country. Number the Stars won the 1990 Newbery Medal.
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