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NUMBER THE STARS

Number the Stars was about a family who lives in Copenhagen, Denmark take in a Jewish girl
to protect her from the Nazis that are taking over Denmark. Meanwhile, Ellen's parents go
with one of the Johansen's family friends named Peter Neilsen. He was the fiance of their
deceased daughter, Lise. The first night of having Ellen, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen had
planned out what to do if the Nazis were to come to their apartment that night. They told
Ellen that she was supposed to be, Lise Johansen. Lise is the deceased child of Mr. And
Mrs. Johansen. She died a couple years back in a car accident. Later that evening when
Ellen AKA Lise, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen, and Kirsti, Annemarie's little sister, and
Annemarie were is bed; there was a knock at the door. It was the Nazi's. They stepped
into the apartment knowing that the Rosen's might be here since they also knew they were
friends. They searched the apartment. When Annemarie heard the noise, she woke up Ellen.
She told her to take off the Star of David that way the Nazi's didn't know that she was
Jewish. They introduced her with kindness like she was their own daughter. They kind of
thought that she wasn't part of the family because she had dark hair. Mr. Rosen then
pulled out some baby pictures and showed the soldier that she had dark hair as a baby.
They tore them up and left. After a week or so, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen decided to move in
with Annemarie's uncle, Uncle Henrik. They would be safer there without the Nazi's more
at there back then at Denmark. He lived by the sea and was a fisherman. Then one day out
of the blue, Annemarie's uncle and her mother tell Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti that that
night there was going to be a ceremony for Annemarie's Great Aunt Birte. Annemarie knew
all of her family from stories and pictures and knew that her own family was lying to
her. Something was wrong, she thought. She knew she had to stay up and find out. Kirsti
wanted to go to bed because she did not want to see a dead body. When everyone was
arriving in for the ceremony, Peter and Mr. And Mrs. Rosen come in too. She now knew that
everything was a lie. She then saw headlights appear. They all heard doors slam. IT WAS
THE NAZI'S! She now knew why this was plotted. But why was there a coffin there? She did
not know? The group explained what had happened and beat the soldiers im fooling them
about what happened. Then Mrs. Johansen opened the sealed up coffin and handed out coats,
blankets, and food to everyone. Peter said it was going to get cold out. Then he told
them that three by three they would go down the forest path to the dock where Uncle
Henrik was waiting in his boat. They did as what they were told. Annemarie fell asleep on
the rocker. She woke up around 4:30 AM not knowing her Mama wasn't home. She looked
around the house to see where she was and she didn't see her. When she looked out
Kirsti's window, she saw Mama lying on the ground. She ran as fast as she could. She
found out Mama might have broken her leg or ankle. While Annemarie was cleaning Mama's
wound, they found the package that should have been with the crew in hiding. She then
needed to get it to them. Mama packed in a nice basket some cheese, bread, an apple, and
a napkin. These were on top of the package just in case the Nazi's stopped Annemarie. She
ran as fast as she could and she was almost there when she met up with the soldiers. She
told them her story about taking her Uncle's lunch to his boat because he forgot it at
home. The Nazi's took everything out of the basket, even the package. Then, Annemarie
found out what the package was…a handkerchief. This was a surprise. The Nazi's fed
the bread to the dogs and left. She brought the overeaten lunch to her uncle. He thanked
her. The book ended off with the reuniting of friends and family when the war ends.