Middle-grade novel · Fiction
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
About the book
In occupied Denmark in 1943, Annemarie's family helps her Jewish best friend Ellen escape to safety.
Reading notes
Accessible introduction to Holocaust history and to courage in everyday people; includes Nazi soldiers, danger to children and a family death.
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Recognition
- Newbery Medal (1990)
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Book details
- Author
- Lois Lowry
- First published
- 1989
- Suggested ages
- Ages 9–13 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Independent reader
- Topics
- world war ii, courage, friendship
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780395732700 · Houghton Mifflin Company, December 1995 · Paperback
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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