Friday, October 26, 2012

Number The Stars

     Number the stars' is a realistic fiction. The story is about a Danish girl and her family helping a Jewish family escape from the Nazis. During World War II the Nazis were killing Jews because they thought the Jews were doing evil things.

     The story takes place in Denmark during the World War II. Annmarie is a danish girl who has a Jewish friend. She helps her even if a Jewish girl. She needs to escape not to be captured by the nazis. Kirsti is Annmarie's baby sister. She is not scared of the Nazis and she doesn't know what is happening. It's a story of friendship abd courage. It is a wonderful story.

     Annemarie was playing with Ellen when the German soldiers came to them. Ellen ran away. Annemarie didn't know why. The soldiers asked questions. Annemarie was a bit scared so she gave short answers but kirsti was not scared because she was young. when Annemarie came back home. she learned about her sister, Lise. She died in an accident two weeks before her wedding. she wanted to be special, so she shook her hands to the king. One day Reter visited Annemarie. Then she understood Ellen was in danger. Peter was Lise's fiance. Then one day she saw that the stores run by the Jews were all closed and there was a swastika on the stores and the jew all disappeared. The Nazis found out the Danish Jews with a list of names from their Synagogue. There were not enough supplies so the Danes suffered a lot. Annemarie and Ellen needed to pretend they were sisters to protect Ellen. One day the German soldiers came to the Johansen to search for Jews. The Nazis were looking strangely at Ellen because Annemarie and Ellen had different hair color. So Mrs Johansen showed Lise's pictures. They had to quickly get rid of the story of David necklace. The next day Annemarie heard her father talking in codes so she understood that the Rosens were escaping. They were going to Gilleleje but Mrs.Johansen didn't go with them because they needed to pretend that the were traveling. The Danes were speaking in codes bacause they needed to hide their plans from the Nazis. When the trip finished they prepared the supplies for the Jews. They put them in a casket. They acted like there was a funeral to hide what they prepared. The Jews planed to go to Sweden to be safe because the country was not controlled by the Nazis. Annemarie was sad that Ellen was leaving but it was a better way for Ellen to survive. Annemarie brought secret things to uncle Henrik to help the Jews. Annemarie had surprising news Peter and Lise were          in the resitance Peter was busy getting newspapers for people. Then one day the Danes celebrated that the Jews safely escaped and that the war has ended. When the celebration had been over she heard Peter was shot on his arm and Lise had died because of a car accident. Now the Rosen will live freely.

       I was very impressed because Annemarie and the Dames helped the Danish Jews escapes safely. I want to recommed this book to my friends because it is a wonderful story. We can understand new things while reading.

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