Number the StarsAnnotationIn 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Awards1991 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
1990 Newbery Medal
1992 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
1992 Great Stone Face Children's Book Award
1990 Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin)
1998 Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin)
1991 Maine Student Book Award
1992 New York State Charlotte Award
1989 Sydney Taylor Book Award
Characters| Name | Marie, Anne |
| Gender | Girl |
| Name | Rosen, Ellen |
| Gender | Girl |
| Genre | Fiction Juvenile Historical
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| Topics | Nazis Friendship Holocaust Racism Prejudice Rescue missions Emotions Jews
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| Setting | Denmark
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