Number The Stars

Number the Stars

By Lois Lowry

Narrated by: Blair Brown

Release date 16 April 2004

Listening length: 2 hours, 45 minutes 

My review: 

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated", Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.

You can tell this book is meant for younger readers. I was left wanting a lot more. 

Most of the WWII books I've been reading follows the family through most of the war. This story is mainly about one incident in the young girls life. Something that forever changed her story. I loved it. It is perfect for the younger audience that doesn't need the real horrors of the war in full detail yet, but needs a glimpse of what the Jews were forced to endure.