A powerful story set in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1943. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best-friend, Ellen – a Jew.It is 1943 for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life is still fun – school, family, sharing fairy stories with her little sister. But there are dangers worries too – the Nazis have occupied Copenhagen there are food shortages, curfews the constant threat of being stopped by soldiers. And for Annemarie the dangers become even greater… her best-friend Ellen is a Jew. When Ellen’s parents are taken away to be ‘relocated’ by the Nazis, Ellen is taken in by Annemarie’s parents suddenly Annemarie’s family are under threat too.Annemarie has to call upon all her resources for courage bravery as she helps her friend make a daring escape.A Newbery Medal winner by an acclaimed author *For readers from 8 to 12 * --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
作者簡介
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.
洛伊絲·勞裏,1937年3月齣生於夏威夷,父在軍中擔任牙醫,他們一傢人也隨著軍隊遷移各地。二次大戰期間,她住在外祖父母位於賓州的老傢,十一歲到上高中之前,則在日本度過。後來她進布朗大學就讀,但隻修完兩年課程便結婚瞭,直到生完四個孩子後纔重拾學業,從南緬因大學畢業。 洛伊絲·勞裏的寫作生涯起步較晚,四十歲時纔嘗試完成小時候的夢想——當一名作傢。結果卻一鳴驚人,如今她不但是知名的作傢,還獲得兩次紐伯瑞奬的肯定。除瞭寫作兒童小說、短篇故事,她也撰寫評論、的論文。 她的寫作素材非常廣泛,風格多樣,有生活幽默小說《阿納斯塔西亞 剋魯布尼剋》(Anastasia Krupnik)、談戰爭與屠殺的《數星星》(Numbm the stars)、描寫未來烏托邦社會的《記憶傳授人》(The Giver),此外還有涉及收養、精神、等議題的二十多本著作,堪稱是一位多纔、多變的作傢。
精彩書評
The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained then sent to the death camps. Within hours the Danish resistance, population police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 Jews to Sweden. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account to bring this courageous tale to life. She brings the experience to life through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen, whose family harbors her best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up helps smuggles Ellen's family out of the country. Number the Stars won the 1990 Newbery Medal. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. "The whole work is seamless, compelling, memorable--impossible to put down; difficult to forget." Horn Book"The whole work is seamless, compelling, memorable -- impossible to put down; difficult to forget." Horn Book Guide
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“I’ll race you to the corner, Ellen!” Annemarie adjusted the thick leather pack on her back so that her school books balanced evenly. “Ready?” She looked at her best friend.Ellen made a face. “No,” she said, laughing. “You know I can’t beat you-my legs ar
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