The Beachly

Over Winter Break I read Numbering the Stars. I give this book thumbs up. I give this book two thumbs up because I felt that Lois Lowry doesn't waste a word, starting with Annemarie and Ellen's frightening run-in with German soldiers in the opening chapter. In few words, Lowry establishes the settings, characters, and difficulties in Annemarie’s brief encounters with the German soldiers, each of which increases the tension with in the book. Lowry also...

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