HistoricalNumber the StarsLois Lowry
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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry · Houghton Mifflin · 1989
Ten-year-old Annemarie helps her Jewish best friend escape occupied Denmark in a fishing boat.
- Age range
- Ages 9–13
- Category
- Historical
- ISBN
- 978-109185185
86Christian
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Content ratings
0 means absent, 5 means heavy and central.
Magic0/5
Violence3/5
Language1/5
Romance0/5
Sexual Content0/5
Scary Content3/5
Heads up: violence, scary content feature prominently in this book.
Parent notes
Soldiers threaten children, a resistance member dies, and a funeral is staged. Sober but not graphic.
Discussion questions
- 1What did Number the Stars show you about how God made people?
- 2Which character acted most like Jesus, and how?
- 3Was there a moment where someone made a wrong choice? What would have been better?
- 4What in this story do you want to remember this week?
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