Number The Stars

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Number The Stars
By Lois Lowry
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Setting

• 1943 during the Nazi invasion of Denmark.
• The story takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The Jews try to escape to Sweden, a free country.

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Main Characters

• Annamarie Johansen ( 10 years old)
• Ellen Rosen (10 years old A Jew)
• Kirstie (Five years old - Annamaries sister)
• Annamaries mother and father
• Ellens mother and father
• Uncle Henrick
• Peter
• Nazi soldiers

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About the Book

• The story takes place during World War II when
  the Nazis were taking the Jews to concentration
  camps and torturing and killing them.
• The story is written from the perspective of a
  ten year old girl and what she went through
  during this time.
• The characters in this book work secretly to help
  the Jews escape to the free country of Sweden,
  and almost get caught themselves.
• There are many exciting moments in this book that
  make you hold your breath.

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Favorite Parts

• The Johansens are on the train and the Nazi
  soldiers ask if they are celebrating their New
  Year because it was the Jews New Year. I
  thought Kirstie was going to tell everything.

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Favorite Parts

• The Nazi soldiers come to Uncle Henricks house
  to look in the casket to view Aunt Berties body.
  There is no Aunt Bertie! What or who is in the
  casket?

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Information in the Book

• Food items were rationed because of the war.
  They did not have butter, sugar, coffee, tea, or
  cakes. Kirstie wanted a cake with pink icing for
  her birthday.
• All of the Jewish schools were closed.

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Author

• Lowis Lowry was born March 20, 1937 in Hawaii.
• She has four children and four grandchildren.
• She lives in West Cambridge, New Hampshire.
• She has written over 20 novels and has won many
  awards.

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Awards

• Lois Lowry has won many awards which include
• Childrens Literature Award, 1978
• American Library Association Notable Book Award
  citation, 1980
• American Book Award Nomination, 1983
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Golden Kite Award,
  Society of Childrens Books Writers, Child Study
  Award, Childrens Book Committee of Bank Street
  College, 1987
• Newbery Medal, National Jewish Book Award, Sidney
  Taylor Award, National Jewish Libraries, 1990
• Newbery Medal, 1994

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Book Recommendation

• I recommend this book to anyone who likes
  adventure, history, suspense, or holocaust books.
• This is my favorite book.
• Other Lois Lowry books I have read are The
  Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Silent Boy

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The End