Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery)
by Lois Lowry
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Author: Lois LowryBrand: Yearling
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-08-01
ISBN: 0440403278
Number of pages: 137
Publisher: Yearling
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- ISBN13: 9780440403272
- Condition: New
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Summary: 5 Stars
(Setting) The story takes place in 1943 during World War II in Copenhagen. The characters in the story include: A young girl named ANNEMARIE JOHANSON who is Protestant. She is bright as well as brave. She is 10 years old in the beginning of the book and 12 years old at the end of the book. Annemarie is a tall long legged girl with blonde hair. Annemarie has a friend named ELLEN ROSEN. They are the same age. Ellen is a short and stubby girl and wears her curly black hair in pigtails. Ellen and her family are Jewish. Because Ellen is Jewish, she is in great danger during the war. Ellen is a very proper young girl, and is quite fearful of the Nazis. She is also fearful because of what she has heard about what the Nazis do to Jewish people. KRISTI JOHANSON, Annemarie's young sister, is spoiled and self-centered. She is a typical seven-year-old, and is very stubborn and sociable also. LISE JOHANSON is Annemarie and Kristi's older sister. To Annemarie's knowledge, she died a couple years before in a car crash. It is not until later in the story that Annemarie finds out that Lise was not actually in a car crash. Her father finally tells her that Lise was with PETER, her fiancé, and others in having a meeting to help save the Jews. The Nazis found out and raided the place that evening. Lise was running and the Nazis just ran her down with their car. Annemarie is very fond of her sister and misses her dearly. The story opens when Annemarie, Kristi, and Ellen are running home from school one day. They are minding their own business when all of a sudden; they hear a very loud and demanding voice scream "halt!" The kids were very scared, and turned around to see who screamed at them. They were very shocked when they turned around to find a soldier. The soldier asked them many questions and then let them return to their journey home. When they got home Ellen's mother and Annemarie's mother told them about the Nazis and about the war. (Complications) A couple days later the Rosen's find out that the Nazis are taking the Jews to concentration camps, so Ellen stayed with the Johanson family, and Ellen's parents hid somewhere else. The next day Annemarie, her mom, Kristi, and Ellen went to Annemarie's uncle's house. His name was Henrik. He was a fisherman and he was going to bring Ellen and her parents across to Sweden. The time finally came for them to go to the boat. Uncle Henrik, Ms. Johanson, and the Rosens headed toward Henrik's boat. Once they get to the boat and are securely hidden under some boards, Ms. Johanson returns to Henrik's house to check on Annemarie and Kristi. (Conflict) Ms. Johanson ends up falling and spraining her ankle. Annemarie realizes that there is an important envelope on the counter that Henrik needed in order to get the Rosens to safe land. Because Ms. Johanson is so hurt, she is unable to bring the envelope to Henrik. Ms. Johanson then puts Annemarie in charge of bringing the envelope to the boat. Annemarie is very scared to go because it was very dark outside, but because she was so brave, she went anyway. (Resolution) Annemarie managed to get the envelope to Henrik in time, and the Rosens made it safely to Sweden The next day, Henrik went home and told Annemarie that inside the envelope was a handkerchief that had a drug in it that attracted dogs, and when the dogs smelled it, it made them unable to smell. Uncle Henrik told Annemarie that the Soldiers brought dogs to search the boat that night and when the dogs smelled the odor, it unabled them to smell the Rosens under the boards of the boat. Annemarie then learned that if it had been for her, the Rosens would have been caught. When Annemarie returned home from her Uncle Henrik's house, she found the necklace that Ellen had left at her house when she stayed that night. She told her daddy that she would keep it until Ellen came back after the war was over.
Summary of Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery)
It?s 1943 Copenhagen and the Jews of Denmark are being ?relocated,? so Annemarie Johansen?s best friend, Ellen, moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. When Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission, she must find the courage to save her friend?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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