Number the Stars

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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 a raise a family of four children. 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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This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classicsedition is perfect for every bookshelf.

It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen. There are food shortages and curfews and soldiers on every corner.

But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend Ellen as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign of terror. With Ellen in grave danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape.

Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this Newbery Award-winning novel is a vivid and very human story of friendship and survival.

Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.

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This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.

It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen. There are food shortages and curfews and soldiers on every corner.

But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend Ellen as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign of terror. With Ellen in grave danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape.

Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this Newbery Award-winning novel is a vivid and very human story of friendship and survival.

Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.