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Number the Stars
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Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio)
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

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Binding: Audio Cassette
EAN: 9780807219706
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0807219703
Label: Listening Library (Audio)
Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio)
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 2004-01
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2004-01-13
Studio: Listening Library (Audio)

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Editorial Reviews:

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.


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Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: experience the true horror
Comment: This book is very well-written. I read this book in 8th grade and many times after that. When you read this book you feel like as if your experienceing the struggle. A very good book.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Not Moving
Comment: Although my favorite genre is historical fiction, this book just didn't do it for me. I wasn't greatly moved and I didn't feel really sad or compassionate. This novel is short and sweet, informative, not boring, and well put together. The only thing is that it doesn't make you feel the way the characters do, or change your perspective on things. I reccomend to anyone who enjoys reading about the holocaust. I did enjoy reading it, but it wasn't fanominal. The plot was almost unbelievable. It is a little juvenile for older kids, who can move on to more sophisticated Holocaust books. I read it just befor going to the Holocaust museum in Washington, DC and found that having background knowledge is very useful when going there. Overall, good and informative; not breath taking.

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Summary: Intense, but entertaining
Comment: As a kid reading this book, I was overwhelmed. It was entertaining, dramatic. I was overcome and learned religious tolerance, compassion, and other great emotions for a child to learn. Incredible introduction to WWII/Holocaust.

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Summary: Amazing
Comment: This book is a great book you can picyure if you and your friends went through a very hard time and relized that it could be the end of your friendship forever it makes you picture that if you and your best friend went through that what it would feel like to know that your friend is in trouble and you and your family need to help them so that they dont get taken away and if they do get taken away you feel thet it is on your schoulders. when I read this bookicould not put it down I loved it at first I was not sure i was going to like it but then I got into it and I really enjoyed it hope you red the book and like it.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: An Enjoyable Book
Comment: While the book is mostly fiction, it is based on historic events, and whether you like to read about this period in history, or just enjoy short stories, this is a fun book to read. It's not the most exciting book on the subject out there, but the story is easy to follow and the characters are relatively well developed.

I especially enjoyed the authors' afterword, where she explains which parts of the story were fact and fiction, as it helps the reader consider the events and historical significance of an infrequently written about area (geographically) of the war.

Though the book should not be viewed as a history book per se, it is well worth the read, even for adults. Also, the story may initiate further reading outside of school for young adults or teens interested in this period of history.

The only real "annoyance" with the book was the quality of the printing on some pages, as the letters were not always crisp and clear.



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