Number the Stars
4.2
(103 ratings)176 pages2022HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780008523336
About this book
<p>This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.</p> <p>It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen. There are food shortages and curfews and soldiers on every corner.</p> <p>But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend Ellen as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign of terror. With Ellen in grave danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape.</p> <p>Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this Newbery Award-winning novel is a vivid and very human story of friendship and survival.</p> <p>Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780008523336
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Lois Ann Lowry (/ˈlaʊəri/;[2] née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry
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