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by quasar  in Books,  - Top 100, Mar 13 '02
Pros: wonderful coming of age story, worthy tribute to the Danes who saved their Jewish neighbors
Cons: doesn't really convey the horrors of the Holocaust
And it's Eichmann and Himmler are turning the screws
The Fuhrer they say grows impatient
"How can it be Denmark's Jews still walk free
After three years of kind occupation?"
We will take them like sheep in their beds as they sleep...
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by pambo - Top 1000, Aug 01 '01
Pros: Excellent exposure to life as the Holocaust looms
Cons: None
This book provides a wonderful opportunity for both kids and parents to read a good story together and study history from a children's perspective.
I always enjoyed reading historical novels, even as a kid, and my daughter, who...
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by jrk - Top 1000, Sep 26 '00
Pros: A very important story, told impeccably.
Cons: Because it emphasizes female characters, this book may appeal more to girls than boys.
How many nine-year-olds know where Denmark is? Or even what it is? How many of them know that Denmark surrendered to the Germans in 1940? Or that the Nazis occupied this small kingdom? What are Nazis anyway? And aren't kingdoms just magical places in...
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by pooswife , Apr 04 '00
Pros: beautiful book, well written, perfect for young inquisitive minds
Cons: harsh subject matter
I thought that I had made a mistake. I had taken my daughter, aged 9, to the movies and we saw Jakob the Liar. The previews didn't seems to have anything in it that would suggest it was anything but some guy making the worst of a crappy...
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by serc - Top 500, Aug 04 '00
Pros: perfect introduction to the Holocaust for young readers
Cons: none
Having been hugely impressed with Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal winning novel, The Giver, I decided to read her other Newbery Medal winner (1990), Number the Stars. I was not disappointed.
While the story is composed of...
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by lansky2000 - Top 1000, Jan 06 '00
Pros: Excellent children's literature...
Cons: Some bleeding-hearts tried to ban it...
Lois Lowry tackled a hairy beast when she slammed the architects of the Holocaust into the realm of kiddie books. Yet she did it with such style and finesse that the Nazis become man-eating ogres, Annemarie and Ellen are best friends trying to outwit the...
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by lactavist , Sep 30 '00
Pros: Great story, suspenseful.
Cons: none
I received this book from an unlikely source. My 65 year old father. His reading interests usually are limited almost exclusively to Sci-Fi and Kurt Vonnegut. So I was surprised when he handed me this book which was obviously a childs book. He told...
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by Teach2755 , Jun 09 '00
Pros: concise; easy to read
Cons: none
Teaching children about the Holocaust is not an easy thing to do.. especially 90 12 year old children.. in the year 2000. World War II is as far removed to them as the Civil War or even Ancient Rome. Most sixth graders enter my classroom never having...
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by majenta , Apr 05 '01
Pros: The afterword; the title's source; Lowry's style
Cons: The situation, of course!
Not even the homeland of Hans Christian Andersen was untouched by tragedy, including tragedy perpetrated by the Nazis. Even before 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen, her little sister Kirsti, and their friend Ellen Rosen are stopped by street-corner ...
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by Cheese_Goddess , Feb 01 '00
Pros: history, some suspense, growing up
Cons: kids might not be interested in historical stories
I was very impressed by this book. In fact if I get a chance I read it several times. First it is a great historical book from the perspective of a young girl. It is always important to look back at our history. It makes it more personal when it's one...
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by flygurl8800 , Apr 27 '02
Pros: Tells a story of courage and friendship that is not only entertaining but educational
Cons: none
As the story begins you are introduced to two best friends, Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen. They are living in Denmark during the times of German occupation. At first they are able to live normally minus a few luxeries, but as the story develops...
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