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Summary: this book is a hisortyfiction.
Review: this book is a good book because it is insteresting.it tells about the jew acapeing from copenhagen.it is a great book
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Summary: A fantastic, informative book for all ages!
Review: I am a 5th grade teacher and had my students read and discuss this wonderful book last year. I did not know the circumstances surrounding the Danish Jews in WWII until reading and researching this book. My students loved the book. I could not put the book down when I read it. Lois Lowry is an excellent author who portrays her characters quite realistically. AnneMarie and her family were very courageous for what they did for Ellen's family. I especially liked Lowry's literary style when she compared AnneMarie's walk to her uncle's boat with the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. I, along with my students, highly recommend this book to people of all ages. I look forward to reading more of Lowry's works
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Summary: Another magnificient book by Ms. Lowry
Review: Of all of the books I read by Ms. Lowry I have to say I loved this one the best. The clever way Ms. Lowry takes a real situation and intertwines it with fiction so children can relate takes great amount of talent. This book about how a family helps friends to safety during ww2 is heart warming and makes you beleive there are good people out there
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Summary: the most powerful book i have read for kids
Review: this book made me think over how much the war hurt so many people. It is the worst war in history and it was frightening to many people. This book showed how terrifying this struggle over mankind was
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Summary: It was a great book, and taught me a lot about the Holocaust
Review: "Number the Stars" is and historical fiction book. It was written to inform young readers more about the Holocaust and World War II. Lois Lowery places the setting of the story in a remote village in Denmark. Annemarie, the main character, is faced with the fear and danger of the Nazis, German soliders. During these harsh and difficult times, 10 year old Annemarie is faced with difficult problems that she must overcome to help her best friend, Ellen reach safety from the Germans. Ellen is a Jew, and has been adopted by Annemarie's family and disguised by Annemarie's late sister Lisa. This is only temporally though, until Ellen's parents come back for her to take her to safety in Sweden. Sweden at this time has not yet ben conqured bye the Germans. While Ellen awaits for her parents return, Annemarie's mother takes young Annemarie, Ellen, and Annemarie's younger sister Kristen to go seek refuge in a small village near the coast of Denmark. Here, Annemarie has an uncle who will care for them all. Together, Annemarie, her mother, uncle, and Kristen all try to find help for Ellen and her parents, and all the other Jews seeking refuge from the numerous Nazis. The context in "Number the Stars" was very good. Lois Lowery tried very hard to create and distinguish the different events that happened in the story, as well as relating all of the key facts about World war II to the stoory. The climax throught the story kept getting more and more suspensful, as well as the dramas that was interwoven within the novel. Another element that made me want to read the book, was the fact that Lois Lowery won the Newbery Award for this excellent composition in the early 1990's. I decided to read "Number the stars" for this reason. I thought this story was very good, because it contained many intresting facts about the Holocaust. It caught my attention, teaching me all about the war and what had happened at that time. I was able to understand what had really happened then, and it made me want to learn more about that era of our history. I recommend this story to all readers who like to learn about the past, or like to read historical fiction books.
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Summary: History lesson in an exciting form
Review: As Hitler secretly prepared to round up all the Jews of Denmark, someone (to this day no one knows who, although there are some theories) warned the government. The result is that almost all of the 7,500 Jewish people living in Denmark managed to escape the country in the space of a few days, even though the country was already under the occupation of watchful Nazi troops.This book is about that escape. Annmarie is 10 years old and lives in the same appartment building as her best friend, Ellen, who is Jewish. One day, Ellen's parents must flee and Ellen moves in with Annmarie and pretends to be her dead sister. Annmarie, her parents, and her little sister must band together with the rest of the Danish resistance to get Ellen to safety. This is an exciting, fast-paced book about bravery and doing what's right. The characters are very realistic and human. This is an inspiring story for any child, and it teaches a very interesting history lesson to any adult who might not know the story of how practically no Danish Jews died under Hitler.
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Summary: I'll give you it back someday!!!
Review: Not every child likes to read diaries, and I find "Number the Stars" a wonderful alternative about the topic of Jews and Nazi's during the Third Reich. The readers learn about history at the same time as to differentiate between truth and lies and how fine the lines between these sometimes are. The book is also about friendship and loyalty and the responsibility that comes with a deep friendship. A wonderful book for children, espcially for pre-teen girls and a good recommendation for a mother-daughter-book-club.
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Summary: A nice preview for young kids
Review: Number the stars is a good look for pre-teens and teens into what was going on during WWII. It is the story of Anne Marie, her family, and her neighbors the Rosens. The German army has soldiers on every corner in Denmark. The Rosens realize they need to get out Denmark to a country were it is safe. The story is one of friendship and courage. I truly recommend this book for all kids to read. It would be best if they followed up with the Devil's Arithmetic. Get past the slow parts in the Devil's Arithmetic, because it gets great after that.
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