Number the Stars
Title | Number the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Lowry |
Publisher | HarperCollins Children's Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780007395200 |
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. "They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today's readers.
Number the Stars
Title | Number the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Leep |
Publisher | |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 1996-03-01 |
Genre | Children's literature |
ISBN | 9781586091460 |
A study guide to accompany the reading of Number the stars in the classroom featuring suggested discussion questions, vocabulary work, work sheets, related Bible passages and further readings.
Number the Stars
Title | Number the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Scholastic, Inc. Staff |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1997-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780590366502 |
Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Lois Lowry's novel, "Number the Stars"
The Endless Steppe
Title | The Endless Steppe PDF eBook |
Author | Esther Hautzig |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1995-05-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 006440577X |
Exiled to Siberia In June 1942, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are "capitalists -- enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia. For five years, Ester and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields and working in the mines, struggling for enough food and clothing to stay alive. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.
Number the Stars: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Title | Number the Stars: An Instructional Guide for Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne I. Barchers |
Publisher | Teacher Created Materials |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1425889859 |
Use this guide to follow the story of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her Jewish best friend Ellen who must move in with the Johansen family and pretend to be their daughter to escape the Nazis. Number the Stars: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides rigorous and appealing cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the text. Readers will learn to connect historical events to this story, analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of this Newbery Medal-winning novel.
A Guide for Using Number the Stars in the Classroom
Title | A Guide for Using Number the Stars in the Classroom PDF eBook |
Author | Kathy Jordan |
Publisher | Teacher Created Resources |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1993-04 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1557344248 |
At head of title on cover: Literature unit.
A Literature Guide to Number the Stars
Title | A Literature Guide to Number the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Joel D. Chaston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN | 9780943069319 |