Number the Stars
Author: Lois Lowry
Age Range: 12 and up
This book focuses on ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen. Its the year 1943 and the girls lives are filled with school and food shortages, and the Nazis have begun marching through their town of Copenhagen. When the German Nazis begin their campaign to "relocate" all of the Jews of Denmark the Johansens take in Ellen and pretend that she is part of their family. Late one night the Nazis arrive at the Johansens home and Annemarie and Ellen must think quicky when the Nazis question why she isnt blond like her sisters.
I think that this is a great book to use in the fifth grade and middle school grades. It is a way that you can teach them about the Holocaust that they may understand better and relate to because the main character is around their age. I also found some interesting websites that may be helpful when using this book.
Also this is the authors website that has a list of some of her other books.
Call me crazy, but other than the Twilight saga, this has been my favorite book since I was in the sixth grade. For some reason I am really fascinated by the holocaust,and I really think this book is what made me so eager to learn more and more about it. I really hope that this book is still used in the classroom today, because I feel that is very engaging and the readers learn so much about the Nazi's and Holocaust without ever realizing it, and like you said it is also very relatable, because the character is a young girl.
ReplyDeleteHey I have never read this book but I will like to read it now that you talked about it. It looks good and the only book that I have read about the Holocaust was Anne Franks book which also was very good. Nice book pick !!!!
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