Number the Stars is a 17 chapter book written by Lois Lowry, an American writer who has written over thirty children's book and won two Newbery Medals for her books Number the Stars and The Giver. The book is set during World War II, a war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union and the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. During this time the Dictator of Germany Adolf Hitler started to send the Jews off
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is a historical fiction chapter book told from the perspective of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen. A year after Houghton Mifflin Books for Children published Number the Stars in 1989 Lois Lowry received a John Newbery Medal. Number the Stars is a short chapter book with only 158 pages. Themes that appear in the book are the difficulty of growing up, voyage and transformation, and bravery. The themes play into the purpose of the book. The book teaches readers about a
Characterization of Annemarie from “Number the Stars” Some people think that adults should never lie to children. Other people think that sometimes a lie doesn’t hurt. If parents told their children the truth all the time, it would upset them. Annemarie Johansen is told some lies by her family during her young life during the Nazi occupation of Copenhagen in 1943. As she finds out about these lies, they make her feel angry and confused. The more she learns about these lies, the more she
that they feel challenging. There are many examples throughout history that showed people’s courageous acts to justify the society. By all means, bravery is a courageous behavior that is needed to face difficulties or challenges. In the novel Number the Star, by Lois Lowry, there were many signs of the characters’ brave acts. For example, the Johansens help hiding the Rosens from the Nazis was a sign of bravery that saved the Rosens from being deported to the concentration camps. Another sign of bravery
powerful emotions, hatred. However, one emotion can surpass hatred, and that is love. Love can overpower even the most bitter of sentiments. The purest form of love comes in the action of sacrificing something of yours and giving it to another, Number the Stars is a clear reminder of that. Your book can truly impact people, for it has impacted me. Every so often, a plague affects the world. It will infect scores of people, young, old, rich, poor, content, or livid. This plague, if it does not
people had to live through in the holocaust in the year 1943. Not only were Jewish people sent to camps and killed, but those helping the Jewish escape were also.This is how the author Lois Lowry developed the theme of friendship in the book Number the Star. The way they are all friends because it is sad to see your friends died or leave forever.Also this is how uncle Henrik help the Jewish people to leave denmark and get them across to sweden.Also uncle Henrik secorfic himself to save other people
Annmarie has to battle good and evil, the journey from a young girl to a grown woman, and her relationship with adults in the book number the stars. Annmarie has to do what is right for the jewish people in order to keep them safe. Annmarie battles against good and evil everywhere she goes. When she goes to take the handkerchief to uncle henrik, the guards who stop her are evil and hateful. She also has to do what is right for the jews in order to keep them safe and hidden. Annmarie had many hard
In the historical fiction novel Number the Stars, written by Lois Lowry, Annemarie, a ten year old girl, lives in Copenhagen with her family during WWII and the Nazi occupation. Later in the story Annemarie’s family finds out that the Nazis are going to take the Jews, so the Johansen’s take care of Ellen Rosen, Annemarie’s best friend who is Jewish, while Peter, a family friend, takes care of her parents. Eventually, Mrs. Johansen (Mama) takes the girls to Uncle Henrick’s house so they can move forward
Number the Stars is a 1989 children’s novel written by Lois Lowry about the experiences of Annemarie Johansen, a 10-year-old Danish girl, living in Copenhagen during World War II. The novel follows Annemarie and her family as they attempt to save their Jewish friends, the Rosens, from being sent to a Nazi concentration camp. The novel was highly critically acclaimed at the time of its release and won the 1990 Newbery Medal for children’s literature. The year is 1943, and the Nazi army has occupied
The story “Number the Stars”, starts with the main character Annemarie. She is walking home with her friend Ellen and little sister Kirsti. Annemarie wanted to race Ellen to the corner of the street. When Annemarie got to the corner of the street there was a voice that said halte and was very harsh. She slowly looked at the person in front of her. She saw two rifles, one in the soldier's hand and sees another not too far off into the distance. She looks into the soldiers dark, deep eyes. The soldier