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Jan 13, 2004 | 166 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
Jan 06, 2004 | 167 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
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Jan 13, 2004 | ISBN 9781400085552 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
166 Minutes
Jan 06, 2004 | ISBN 9780807219720 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
167 Minutes
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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.
Whether she’s writing comedy, adventure, or poignant, powerful drama—from Attaboy, Sam! and Anastasia Krupnik to Number the Stars and The Giver—Lois Lowry’s appeal is as broad as her subject matter and as deep as her desire to affect an eager generation of readers. An author who is… More about Lois Lowry
“A story of Denmark and the Danish people, whose Resistance was so effective in saving their Jews.”—School Library Journal, Starred
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