Number The Stars

Title: Number the Stars

Author: Lois Lowry

Publishing Information: Houghton Mifflin Company

Number of Pages: 132

Genre: Children Novel

Summary of the Plot:
This story takes place in Denmark during the World War when the Nazi were taking over trying to rid the world of the Jewish people. There was a family with a little girl named Annemarie that is the narrator of this book. Where she describe the story of when her family saved their close friends the Rosen from the solidars of taken them away because they were Jewish. They took the Rosen girl Ellen in as their own to hide her from the soldiers. Then they went to their uncles and helpped the Rosen family hide in a boat that was run by Annemarie uncle to have them shipped over to Sweden were they would be safe from the Nazi Police.

Your reaction to the book:
This book was a touching story about a family risking thier lives for their friends to help them get away from the Nazi police. It was a really good book. Well written and very detailed so you were never lost in the book. This book was an amazing story that was touching cause in the end you realize that some of the information was true about the family and what they did for that family. I was amazing by the courage that this family displayed and with hesitation they knew what needed to be done and did everything that they could to help them.

Potential Problems: I don't see any problems except that if some one reading this book didnt know about the World War it might be helpful to give some history of what was happening at that time.

Recommendations: I would recommend this book to all readers. This is a sad part of histroy but it is something that people need to learn about and by reading this book it will give them some idea of what it was like to live in that era and what it was like to be Jewish during that time and what they had to deal with. This is a good book for young readers the wording is not bad at all and it is interesting to read it will keep you wanting more.