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“Brilliant, moving, and compelling.”
Reading age
10-12
Genre
Historical fiction
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
May 2, 2011
My brief summary of the book
This book is about a 10-year-old girl named Annemarie. She lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her parents and her little sister, Kristi. Her best friend Ellen Rosen is a Jewish girl. When the Nazi soldiers threatened the Jewish people of Denmark during WWII, the Rosen family has to hide. Will they succeed?
My thoughts
I read this book with my mom in less than a week; we couldn’t put the book down because it was like a rollercoaster between intense and amusing moments, thanks to the young Kristi. We learned a lot about what happened in Denmark under the Nazi’s rules.
In my opinion, it’s a good example of the Nazi invasion. I liked the funny moments with adorable Kristi. An immense lesson of bravery, especially Peter (Annemarie’s brother-in-law).
My rating
About the author
“Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and 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, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.” – Amazon.
More by the author
- The Giver (Giver Quartet, Book 1)
- Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet, Book 2)
- Messenger (Giver Quartet, Book 3)
- Son (Giver Quartet, Book 4)
