$17.45
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2011
Summary
A Star in the Darkness: Annemarie’s Courage in Nazi-Occupied Denmark
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, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range.
“They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight.”…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007395200 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007395205 |
| Series: | HarperCollins Children’s Modern Classics |
| Author: | Lois Lowry |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 11mm |
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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 is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.
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