Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

This is a touching book about the courage and compassion of a young girl and her family as they seek to protect their Jewish friends during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. It’s really a remarkable achievement—finding a way to make a ten-year-old a believable heroine in the face of the Nazi evil. And Annemarie is a highly credible character who stands up for her friend in a way we all wish to believe we would as well. It’s quite an amazing feat to make a ten year’s old courage the crux of such a book, but then, Lois Lowry is clearly an extraordinary author.