Number the Stars
$18.19
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2025
Summary
A Star in the Darkness: A Story of Courage and Friendship
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate.
Winner of the Newbery Medal.
“They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight.”
It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for An…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008726539 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008726531 |
| Series: | HarperCollins Children’s Classics |
| Author: | Lois Lowry |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“A moving and important novel.” John Boyne, bestselling author of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’
“…a decent, brave and likeable heroine who is caught by accident in harsh political affairs. NUMBER THE STARS is a simple, but effective tale.’ – Times Educational Supplement
About The Author
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars, was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and raise a family. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.
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