Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry
PRMS hardcover 137
genre: YA historical fiction

I had to re-read this because it has been two or three DECADES since I last picked it up. A student of mine is playing Annemarie at Stages Theatre this month. It is such a short little book, but covers the changes in Denmark at the start of WWII. The occupation by German soldiers, the scarcity of foodstuffs, the dangers for the Jews, . . . Annemarie and her best friend Ellen are affected by it all.

little sister Kirsti, dead older sister Lise, Lise's fiance Peter, Uncle Henrik, . . . the fishing boats, Norway.

I'm kind of curious to do some research on the Danish resistance, but lack the time.

Now that it's refreshed in my memory, I need to get tickets to see the show!