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Lois Lowry

USA · Holocaust — children's fiction

About

Two-time winner of the Newbery Medal. Number the Stars, about the rescue of Denmark's Jews in 1943, is read in classrooms across the world.

Books in Database (1)

Number the Stars cover
Number the Stars 1989 · 137 pages

Ten-year-old Annemarie helps smuggle her Jewish best friend's family to Sweden during the rescue of the Danish Jews.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1941 The Holocaust