https://padlet.com/26rdunn/f8niyy1z476w Historical Fiction en-us 2018-11-29 18:28:24 UTC 2026-01-30 10:52:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 26rdunn https://padlet.com/26rdunn/f8niyy1z476w/wish/309471771 3.SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE: Why do you think the author chose this title for the book? How does it relate 
As Lowry says in the Afterword to Number the Stars, Annemarie Johansen is a fictional little girl, but she grew out of the stories of Annelise Platt's own childhood. Though events of Number the Stars are based in actual historical fact, the specific story is Lowry's own mixture of fiction, oral histories, and research. to the book?

]]> 2018-11-29 18:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/26rdunn/f8niyy1z476w/wish/309471771 26rdunn https://padlet.com/26rdunn/f8niyy1z476w/wish/309934850 In the beginning of the book, Annemarie is a really unaware (naive) of what is going on around her. She and her friends don't understand why the soldiers are on the street corners and isn't aware of the real danger coming. As the Nazi's enforce their "relocation" plan, it becomes quite clear to Annemarie that her friend Ellen, and anyone that is Jewish, is in terrible danger. Annemarie shows her bravery by helping Ellen hide, taking off her stare of david necklace when the soldiers came to her house , and taking the mysterious item hidden in the basket to her Uncle Henrik.]]> 2018-11-30 19:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/26rdunn/f8niyy1z476w/wish/309934850