NUMBER THE STARSLois Lowry
Personal Rating: 4.25/5
Yearly Count: 85
This story is told through the eyes of Annemarie, a 10-year-old Danish girl. She lives in a town that has been occupied by the Nazis and must learn how to cope with them invading her life and the lives of those in her community. It reads as a book about friendship, but is filled with so much more.
Lois Lowry does a fabulous job of realistically portraying this time period from the eyes of a child. At the end of the book, she shares what parts of the story are fiction and non-fiction, which was very informative and pertinent to the book.
This book had such a huge impact on me when I read it for the first time (I think in 4th or 5th grade). I would love to revist it some time.
ReplyDeleteOh I love this book! It is one of the very few books that line my baby's nursery bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite Newbery Award books - and there are so many I love.
ReplyDeleteTrish ~ I can imagine!
ReplyDeleteMyutopia ~ It's a good one to own.
Booklogged ~ It is one of my favorites, too.