Number the Stars - first UK edition

Lowry, Lois

ISBN 10: 0001841610 / ISBN 13: 9780001841611

Published by Collins, 1990

About this Item

First UK edition, first impression hardback (1990, first published in US 1989) with dustjacket that isn t price-clipped. Owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper. No other inscriptions or annotations, not ex-library. Mild spotting to top edge of page block. [abo].

Seller Inventory # ABE-1528746619115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Number the Stars - first UK edition
• Publisher: Collins
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0001841610
• ISBN 13: 9780001841611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition for ISBN 10: 0440403278, ISBN 13: 9780440403272.

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.

Review

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.