#tbt: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. 144 p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April, 1989. 9780395510605. (Own)

#tbt wishes Number the Stars by Lois Lowry a belated happy thirtieth anniversary. This short but intense work of historical fiction was published in April of 1989 and won the Newbery Medal in January of 1990. It is the story of the Johansen family and their decision to resist the Nazis and hide Annemarie Johansen's best friend Ellen Rosen.