Number the Stars

At book club the other night, I raided Amanda’s enormous stash of books for books that I had been wanting to read (thank you Amanda!)! Number the Stars by Louis Lowry was one of those books and it only took one evening to read through (big type and short book). I seem to read a lot of books on Nazi occupation of different countries during World War II and that was the setting of this book too. By the writing of the book you can tell that it is geared towards younger children, as the main character is a 10 year old girl named Annemarie and the story is told from her point of view. It takes place in occupied Denmark (this was my first time to read about Denmark and WW II) when the nazis begun to ship Jews off to concentration camps. Ellen, Annemarie’s best friend, is Jewish and the story recounts the courage of how Annemarie’s family hides and successfully gets Ellen and her family to Sweden. I think this book serves as a good introduction for younger children to the horrors of World War II.  Definitely recommended no matter what your age. 8/10