Bravery - what so many main characters in books seem to have, and what so many "real people" think they lack. Young Annemarie in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars doesn't quite feel that way, though. She actually is glad that she doesn't have to be brave, because she is just "ordinary people." Unfortunately for her, she lives in Denmark in 1940 - and her best friend is Jewish. Annemarie learns that true bravery comes doing what needs to be done, no matter what the cost, no matter what type of person you are.
Although Lowry's protagonist is young, she faces up to challenges that would make many adults balk in fear. Lowry does not sugar-coat the horrors of war and the Holocaust, but presents them through the eyes of a child...as told to her by a friend who did live through what Annemarie did. The story is understandable by younger children, but will best be appreciated by older children, who have a greater background knowledge of World War II.
Lynn G, '84
6 comments:
best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rose.R'12
ithink that it had a really heartfelt story behind all the bloody nazi's destruction of the town. overall that book is somewhat boring except for the love intertwined with all the chaos.
forgot
Pat G. '12
This book was not very good, but I still did get some facts about that time in history out of it.
Randall B,12'
i thought the book was well written. after writing a paper about this event, i definitely understood the context of all the events happening.
I found this book to be a simple and light hearted book with little suspence. The characters were deffinately relatable and the story was a classic litte heroin story with a young girl who doesnt fully understand the situation surrounding her.
LiangK'13
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