Number the Stars
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The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained and then sent to the death camps. Within hours the Danish resistance, population and police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 Jews to Sweden. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account to bring this courageous tale to life. She brings the experience to life through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen, whose family harbors her best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up and helps smuggles Ellen's family out of the country. Number the Stars won the 1990 Newbery Medal. |
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so much emotion in so small a book...
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i'm quite unable to put exactly into words how this story provoked me. at first i was hesitant to read a story concerning anything about the Nazis since the trifling information i've heard about them and the second world war is not pretty.
but after reading Number the Stars, i was reminded--and this may sound soppy--of the enduring human spirit against loss and fear, and the always remarkable tendency of courage and selflessness to assert itself in the most unexpected times. it didn't hurt also that, somehow, Lowry was able to make her story thrilling just after a few chapters. i couldn't explain it--one minute the story was off to a deliberate start, on the next, i found myself worried and then on-the-edge-of-my-seat-scared for the characters.
bittersweet and heart-wrenching, there are those today who may find this book biased against the Germans. and true--we do have to consider that those soldiers were only doing their duty by their officers and by their country, and that, under normal circumstances, they would just have been any other normal people (and a fraction in our history should never be a basis for perpetual prejudice). however, the German soldiers portrayed in the book were all reprehensible--definitely it is difficult to be objective with its narrative.
this is the point, then, where we should comprehend that Lowry's book sends a message that transcends feelings of hate or racism, oppression and tyranny. instead revel in the fragile yet inspiring thread of hope that underlies the friendship of Annemarie and Ellen, the hope that made Peter's and hundreds of others' deaths all the more significant, and the hope that there would always be a God tomorrow to number the stars for us. |
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