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Lowry, Lois2025
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In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape.
Main title:
Number the stars / Lois Lowry.
Author:
Lowry, Lois, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2025.
Collation:
144 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: United States: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
Audience:
Juvenile.
Awards:
Newbery Medal
ISBN:
9780008726539 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Juvenile fictionJews -- Denmark -- Juvenile fictionChildren's storiesFiction 9+General StoriesChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fictionSocial groups: religious groups & communitiesChildren's / Teenage: True stories told as fictionChildren's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & healthChildren's / Teenage social issues: War & conflict issuesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Classic fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Religious fictionChildren's / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forcesGermany: National Socialist period (19331945)Relating to Jewish people & groups
BRN:
4015396