Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1989.

Lois Lowry does an incredible job in her first historical fiction novel and it truly deserves the Newbery Medal/Honor. Annemarie Johansen, at the age of ten, already knows what life is like under Nazi occupation. However, her lessons in life will continue to grow as she learns that she must help her best friend and family to escape and have a chance of survival. Learning that everyone’s chance of life depends on the least that everyone knows, Annemarie must help her friends and remain silent throughout. Readers will be caught up in the suspense of whether or not they will all escape. This gripping story will give a small glimpse at life in Denmark and what citizens were willing to do for their friends during the Nazi invasion.