Number the Stars - Softcover

Review

-The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable--impossible to put down; difficult to forget.-
--The Horn Book

"The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable--impossible to put down; difficult to forget."
--The Horn Book

From the Back Cover

"How brave are you little Annemarie?"

It is 1943 and for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life in Copenhagen is a complicated mix of home and school life, food shortages and the constant presence of Nazi soldiers. She knows about bravery from the stories of the dragon-slaying knights that she reads to her younger sister. But Anniemarie's best frien Ellen is a Jew. As the German troops begin their campaign to eradicate all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie is called upon for courage and a very real-life feat of bravery.

“...a decent, brave and likeable heroine who is caught by accident in harsh political affairs. 'Number the Stars' is a simple, but effective tale.”
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT