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.
作者简介
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.
洛伊丝·劳里,1937年3月出生于夏威夷,父在军中担任牙医,他们一家人也随着军队迁移各地。二次大战期间,她住在外祖父母位于宾州的老家,十一岁到上高中之前,则在日本度过。后来她进布朗大学就读,但只修完两年课程便结婚了,直到生完四个孩子后才重拾学业,从南缅因大学毕业。 洛伊丝·劳里的写作生涯起步较晚,四十岁时才尝试完成小时候的梦想——当一名作家。结果却一鸣惊人,如今她不但是知名的作家,还获得两次纽伯瑞奖的肯定。除了写作儿童小说、短篇故事,她也撰写评论、的论文。 她的写作素材非常广泛,风格多样,有生活幽默小说《阿纳斯塔西亚 克鲁布尼克》(Anastasia Krupnik)、谈战争与屠杀的《数星星》(Numbm the stars)、描写未来乌托邦社会的《记忆传授人》(The Giver),此外还有涉及收养、精神、等议题的二十多本著作,堪称是一位多才、多变的作家。
精彩书评
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
精彩书摘
“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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