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Title
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Personal Author EPSB
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Lois, Lowry
Summary
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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.
Year Published
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1989
Physical Description
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137 pages ; 22 cm
Awards
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Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal
Subject
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Friendship -- Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Denmark -- Fiction.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Denmark -- Fiction.
Hidden children (Holocaust) -- Denmark -- Fiction.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Denmark -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Fiction.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Denmark -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre
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Historical fiction
Summary
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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.
ISBN
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9780395510605
9780547577098
9780440403272
9780440227533
9780544340008
Publisher
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
New York ; Yearling, 1990.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
©1989
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Kate Chegwin | FIC LOW | Book | 30574000570000 | Fiction |
| Kate Chegwin | FIC LOW | Book | 30574000569994 | Checked out |