This story is set in Germany in 1943 during the time of the Nazi attacks on the Jews. It tells of a young Jewish girl named Annemarie Johansen whose family has to leave and she moves in with her friend Emily Rosen's family. This book tells the stories of men sneaking around delivering papers that inform residents what the Nazis are doing. There are food shortages and Jews are being relocated from Copenhagen.
The Rosen's and Annemarie have to go to the lake where Annemarie must participate in a dangerous mission to save her friend Emily and her own family.
Lowry, Lois. (1989). Number the Stars. New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company.
Lowry, Lois. (1989). Retrieved on March 1, 2009 from Web site http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=number%20the%20stars%20by%20lois%20lowry&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
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