Number+the+Stars

//Number the Stars//, a work of historical fiction by Lois Lowry, seems at first glance an easy read, yet the subject matter is complex. The novel is set in Denmark, a small country in northern Europe which borders Germany to the south. The year is 1943, and World War II is already in full swing as Nazi soldiers march through the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark's capital, where our story begins.

The protagonist of this remarkable novel is Annemarie Johansen, a ten-year old girl who decides to risk her own life in order to help her best friend, Ellen Rosen, who is Jewish.

The novel poses some interesting questions for the reader: How did a country as small as Denmark stand so tall in the face of Hitler's advance? How did so many of Denmark's Jewish citizens survive the Holocaust? Why did the Danish population put themselves at risk to help friends and neighbors?

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Read chapters 1 and 2 and write RL 1 by clicking on the discussion tab above, and then clicking on the bar that reads RL 1.

Read chapters 3 and 4 and write RL 2 by clicking on the discussion tab above, and then clicking on the bar that reads RL 2.

Read chapters 5 and 6 and write RL 3 as you have done for RL 1 and RL 2.

Read chapters 7 & 8 and write RL 4.