Number+the+Stars

__** How would you feel if you had to leave everything you’ve ever known behind just because of your religion? This happened in a great book called “Number the Stars.” One fine day, Annemarie, an 11 year old girl with blond hair that can run very fast, and her best friend Ellen, who has dark brown hair and is a good actress, decide to race home from school to their apartment in Copenhagen Denmark. At this time, Nazi soldiers were at every street corner during World War II. When the girls neared the corner, a Nazi soldier, whom they called the “Giraffe,” made them stop. He asked their names and the girls answered with horrified looks on their faces while little Kirsti, Annemarie’s younger sister, came marching up, the soldier stopped her and exclaimed, “I have a daughter just like you!” Then, a day or so later, the Nazi soldiers had stolen names of Danish Jews to “relocate” or destroy them. Seeing that Ellen was Jewish, she hid at Annemarie’s house claiming that they were sisters. Nazi soldiers came in and inspected the place. The next day, they went to Uncle Henrick’s house on the seashore. They held a funeral for Great Aunt Birta, but Annemarie found out that there wasn’t a Great Aunt Birta and when the Nazi soldiers ask for who the funeral was for, it was hard for her to lie, but she did for Ellen’s sake. Later that night, the big group splits into two, one group goes one way to Uncle Henrik’s boat while Mama took the other group the other way leaving Annemarie and Kirsti alone. Will Mama ever return? **__ __** A main idea or plot of the story is that it’s better not knowing something so that you con be braver. Take Annemarie for example. Annemarie found out that there wasn’t a Great Aunt Birta, which made it harder for her to lie to the Nazi soldiers. **__ __** The whole reason that Ellen had to leave started when the girls ran home from school and because of Nazi occupation in Denmark. Then, they decide to “relocate” the Danish Jews. Which caused them to go to Uncle Henrick’s house which lead to the funeral which lead to Mama leaving Annemarie and Kirsti. The whole book is a chain of cause and effect. **__ __** I liked many parts of this fun packed book, but one was my favorite! I liked the part when the Jews came to Uncle Henrick’s house for a “funeral,” but it wasn’t. I found this part interesting because the Nazi soldiers didn’t suspect that the Jews were Jews! That’s my favorite part of this book. So, go and hunt down this thrilling book “Number the Stars” today and find out what’ll happen next! **__

Heidi