Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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Book Reviews of Number the Stars
Book Review: Number The Stars
Summary: 5 Stars
Denmark Disaster
What would you do if you were a little Danish girl who had to save your
best friend and others? Would you cry and say you just couldn't do it or be brave
and rise to the occasion like little Annemarie Johansen? Annemarie Johansen is
the main character in the historical fiction novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
With her younger sister Kirsti, and her best friend Ellen, they live in the
world of war during the 1940s in Denmark, and often try to escape the horrid
place by playing dolls and eventually taking a trip into the country where they
soon discover that life is not always the fairest place, and that taking risks is the
only way to stay alive and maintain your freedom.
Number the Stars is a fantastic tale of friendships, hardships, and finding
the truth. Lowry practically makes the story come alive around you. The story
literally unfolds right in front of your eyes. While reading this you feel as if Lowry
has given you a one way ticket into Denmark, allowing you to see Annemarie,
Ellen, and Kirsti walking home from school and visiting the country to see
Annemarie and Kirsti's Uncle.
Number the Stars is an exciting, creative, and moving novel. I recommend
this incredible book to girls between the ages of 10-13 who love to go back in
time and relive the lives of others with them.
Book Review: A Lovingly Crafted Story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good historical book for children. The story is set in Occupied Denmark and told through the eyes of Annemarie Johansen, a 10-year-old girl who has to help save her Jewish friend Ellen. This novel humbly, simply and unsensationally honors the anonymous heroes and heroines of WWII.However there are some elements and developments in the story that readers in Annemarie's age bracket may not understand. For example, at one point in the story, Annemarie discovers that sometimes it is okay to lie to your friends, in order to protect them. I'm sure that readers of this book will not grow up as quickly or as soon. In fact, readers and Annemarie may begin on the same level at the start of the novel, only to have Annemarie outpace them to maturity at the end.
There are also many beautiful but subtle nuances in the storytelling that may be confusing to young readers, such as Lois Lowry's many flashbacks and asides.
Moreover, readers who expect the kind of action and suspense found in "The Giver", another Newbery Award-winning book by Lowry, will be disappointed. They may find the plot boring and Annemarie passive. The reason for this is that Annemarie is not in the middle of the action, the way her friend Ellen is, but really on the sidelines. This is a story told by an introspective, sensitive observer. What it lacks in thrills and excitement it makes up for in depth. Children who have read "The Giver" and have felt what it is like to be the one who has to leave, can read "Number the Stars" and know what it is like to be the one left behind.
Book Review: Number The Stars
Summary: 5 Stars
Number the Stars By: Lois Lowry
This book Number the Stars is a great book. Anybody who reads this book will love it. Number the Stars is about two girls named Annemarie and Ellen who are Danish but Ellen is also Jewish. This story takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark during WWII.
Number the Stars starts off when Annemarie and Ellen were walking home from school. Annemarie wanted to race to the corner of the street against Ellen and Kirsti. After Annemarie made it to the corner she saw two Nazi soldiers. When she looked back she saw Ellen in fear because she was a Jew.
After they got home Annemarie told her mom that she encountered two of the Nazi soldiers. The next day Mrs. Johansen told Annemarie to go get a button for Kirsti's shirt. Once she made it there the store was closed, and it had a sign in German. What happened? Did something happen?
Soon Ellen's parents left so Ellen stayed with the Johansen's. Later that night when Annemarie and Ellen were asleep three Nazi soldiers came in and asked if Annemarie and Ellen could come out. Will Ellen be captured because she is a Jew?
want to find out what happens you will have to read the book. The next day Mrs. Johansen decided it would be better at Uncle Henrik's house. So Mrs. Johansen and the girls went to stay for a few days. A couple of days later they had a funeral for Aunt Birte, but it was really a plan to escape the Jews to Sweden. If you want to find out what happens you will have to read the book.
Jake R. age 11
Book Review: One of the Best Books I've ever read.
Summary: 5 Stars
This story is about a ten-year-old girl named Annemarie Johhansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen and how the Johhansans's hide Ellen. The story takes place in Denmark during world war two.Annemarie is used to seeing soldiers standing on the corners of the streets. She isn't scared of them. But one day the soldiers stop them and question them. Ellen's a Jew she's in danger of being taken to a concentration camp. So Ellen went to stay at the Johhansen's and pretended to be a family member. One night the soldiers search the house they get suspicious when they see Ellen's dark hair because everyone else has blond.
Mrs. Johhansen takes the three girls, Annemarie, Ellen, and Kristi Annemarie's little sister, to Annemarie's uncle Hendrik's after they stay there for a while Ellen rides on a ship to Sweden with her family because Sweden is a free country. And two years later world war two ended.
The author of this Newberry award book is Lois Lowry. She was a young girl growing up during world war two. Annemarie Johansan is based on the author's real life best friend, Annelise
This book was an extremely good book. And I think I'll read more books by this author. I think children who like history would especially like this book. My mom thought this book might be to upsetting for me but I thought it was a great book. I feel so angry towards the Nazis because the Jews didn't do anything to be sent to concentration camp. I learned from this book that there are some evil people in this world and we should teach them to be kind.
Book Review: Number the Stars
Summary: 5 Stars
Even though I first read this book some years ago, and even though I've read far more gruesome and depressing books on the Holocaust during the last couple of years, Number the Stars still remains one of my favorite books ever on the subject.
It's very clear and simple to read, very accurate, a page-turner, and, most importantly, it makes you think!
Personally, I loved every single one of the characters and couldn't find a major flaw in any of them - they were all very well developed, with firm personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. Lois Lowry certainly dedicated quite a bit of time to making her characters seem as realistic as possible. My personal favorite character is Kirsty, Annemarie's (the main character) little, innocent, and at times, naive, sister.
The setting descriptions were also very good. You could feel the tension when there needed to be tension, and you could just picture the Danish countryside in your mind after you had read a paragraph dedicated to it.
The most important thing of all, however, was the plot, and it was great: basically, Annemarie is asked to go on a very perilous task to save her Jewish friend, Ellen, from the Nazis. Lowry described every action and every move perfectly. I really like it how there's a lot of (obvious) symbolism in this book, too.
All in all, this is a truly fantastic book, and I recommend everyone that's interested in the Holocaust (or maybe not so interested - yet), young and old, to read it. This is definitely a book for all ages!