Number the Stars

在纳粹横行的日子里，10岁的丹麦女孩安妮与父母、亲友和无数的丹麦人民一起，团结起来挽救犹太人的生命。安妮第一次通过自己的行动，深深体会到保持勇气的艰难。全书表现出一种悲天悯人的情怀，无论从文学、历史还是励志等角度，都值得任何年龄层的读者细读回味。 A powerful story set in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1943.Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless actof bravery to help save her best-friend, Ellen – a Jew.It is 1943and for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life is still fun – school,family, sharing fairy stories with her little sister. But there aredangers and worries too – the Nazis have occupied Copenhagen andthere are food shortages, curfews and the constant threat of beingstopped by soldiers. And for Annemarie the dangers become evengreater… her best-friend Ellen is a Jew. When Ellen’s parents aretaken away to be ‘relocated’ by the Nazis, Ellen is taken in byAnnemarie’s parents and suddenly Annemarie’s family are underthreat too.Annemarie has to call upon all her resources for courageand bravery as she helps her friend make a daring escape.A NewberyMedal winner by an acclaimed author *For readers from 8 to 12 *--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

　　Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as awriter. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York,Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University,she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of morethan thirty books for young adults, including the popular AnastasiaKrupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them theBoston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award,the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. Shereceived Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS andTHE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded theInternational Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Ms.Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhousein Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website atwww.loislowry.com.