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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.
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 ...
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.
Michelle Nolden, who had previously starred in Showtime's Street Time as the wife of Morrow's character, [14] was cast as Brooks. Writers and producers planned to bring back Nolden's Brooks for season three. [16] The 2007-2008 Writers’ Guild Association's strike postponed the return of Nolden's character within the storyline. [17]
This is a list of characters from the American science fiction horror television series Stranger Things. The first season, set in November 1983, focuses on the investigation into the disappearance of a young boy named Will Byers while supernatural events are occurring around the town, including the appearance of a girl with telekinetic ...
His character's absence was written into the show by becoming a payload specialist on the International Space Station. Diane Farr, pregnant for most of the season, left the show for maternity leave in episode 18 (" Democracy "); her character's absence is explained as a particular assignment to the Department of Justice .
The cast of "Daisy Jones & the Six" needed to channel their inner rock stars to bring author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s popular book to life.. The show and the novel, a New York Times bestseller ...
The Office is an American television series based on the British television comedy of the same name. The format of the series is a parody of the fly on the wall documentary technique that intersperses traditional situation comedy segments with mock interviews with the show's characters, provides the audience access to the ongoing interior monologues for all of the main characters, as well as ...