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Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II.. The story revolves around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lives with her mother, father, and sister Kirsti in Copenhagen in 1943.
Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; [2] née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young ...
Anastasia Krupnik (1979) is the first book of a popular series of middle-grade novels by Lois Lowry, depicting the title character's life as a girl "just trying to grow up." Anastasia deals with everyday problems such as popularity, the wart on her thumb or the new arrival of her little brother, Sam.
Pages in category "Novels by Lois Lowry" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Number the Stars; R. Rabble Starkey; S. See You Around, Sam!
In the afterword to her work of historical fiction, Number the Stars, Lois Lowry likened the character Peter Neilsen, a resistance member, to Kim, possibly for his courage against the Nazis. She also wrote of Kim "seeing the quiet determination in his boyish eyes made me determined, too, to tell his story, and that of all the Danish people who ...
Anastasia Has the Answers (1986) is a young adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is the sixth of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam. It is the sixth of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.
In Lowry's book Anastasia Krupnik, Anastasia's parents give birth to her younger brother Sam, who would feature as a side character in later Anastasia books. Sam proved unexpectedly popular among readers, who asked Lowry to write books about Sam as well. All About Sam was Lowry's first book in what would later become the Sam Krupnik series. [4]
Anastasia at This Address (1991) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.