Devon's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: Devon McIntyre **
 * __ Book Report __**

The title is __Number The Stars__ By Lois Lowry
 * 1. ****What is the title of your book and who is the author?**

Ellen Rosen-Ellen was one of the main characters and was running from the nazis with her family and being helped by the johansens. Annemarie Johansen- Annemarie was helping her best friend ellen run from the nazis and let her hide with her for most of the book.
 * 2. ****Name and describe two main characters.**

In the story Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, a girl named Annemarie Johansen has to be brave and help her friend Ellen Rosen run from the raiding nazis. They took almost everything from Copenhagen, Denmark. For example they took all sugar and cream and most of the food that usual people use in their daily routine. Annemarie and her best friend had been stopped by the soldiers before and Annemarie's little sister Kristi was not phased by their guns or sturdy boots. She disregarded all actions by them. On the first day of the Jewish new year the Rosens planned to have a roasted chicken which we not common food that they had usually but had been founded by Mrs.Rosen. These plans changed for that night Ellen had to stay over night at the Johansens for her parents had to go somehwhere important. They had to hide Ellen from the nazi soliders who came that night. Annemarie also had to brake Ellen's neclace of davids star which the claspe had broken on. The Nazis had no patients with the Family and left as quickly as they had came. At that point The 2 familys new they had two relocate to swedon which was free at the time. Ellen pretending to be Annemarie's sister who had passed away had escaped with the family to there uncle who transportanted jews to swedon so they could be free. Ellen eventually met up with her parents and reamined safe under the uncles care who are safe in swedon. This was a great book!!
 * 3. ****Write a summary of your book.** (5-12 sentences)

What makes this book is because it talks about a true friendship in a intresting way..
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **

It would make this book better if they talked a little more about Hitler.
 * Big Question #2: What would make this book better? **

The bigest part the author wants you to know is about the trouble the jews had when the nazis were raiding
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know? **

I think Lois Lowry wrote this to explain Hitler in a novel that children would read instead of reading inside of maybe a textbook.
 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **

They need to know something about the holocaust and something about hitlers journey and life.
 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? **