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| Children's Fiction : Book Groups for 2nd & 3rd Graders | | 3 | Elizabeth22, December 2009 | |
| 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up : Can you pick your Top Ten from the list? | | 3 | quaintlittlehead, December 2009 | |
| Newbery Challenge : Anita's (FAMeulstee) list of Newbery Winners | | 3 | FAMeulstee, December 2009 | |
| Book talk : The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | | 34 | AuntieCatherine, December 2009 | |
| 999 Challenge : Whitney's | | 73 | Retrogirl85, December 2009 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Tad's 2009 Reads (TadAD) | | 252 | tomcatMurr, November 2009 | |
| Book talk : Young Adult Historical Fiction | | 24 | Chandra1, November 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are your favorite World War Two novels? | | 86 | mollygrace, November 2009 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : chuckzak's 50 or so books fer 2009 | | 38 | jintster, October 2009 | |
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| Progressive & Liberal! : Children's book recommendations? | | 29 | sweetdissident, September 2009 | |
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| Children's Fiction : non-series books to read aloud to 9 and 12 year olds? | | 48 | keeneam, August 2009 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : MissTeacher reads her little eyes out! 120 in 2009! | | 45 | MissTeacher, August 2009 | |
| Newbery Challenge : AA1986's lists | | 9 | ArmyAngel1986, August 2009 | |
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| 999 Challenge : Books with Jewish/Israeli themes/authors in the 999 challenge | | 77 | avatiakh, April 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 3 | | 323 | ronincats, April 2009 | |
| Read YA Lit : Know of any good YA Jewish fiction books? | | 19 | bostonbibliophile, March 2009 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : Best Young Adult SF | | 97 | ryn_books, March 2009 | |
| Book talk : Can you name characters in books who eat Bread and Butter? | | 14 | Indigo-silk, March 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Were Your Favorite Books as a Kid? | | 90 | deniro, March 2009 | |
| Club Read 2009 : **Why Do Adults Read YA Novels? | | 113 | Fullmoonblue, February 2009 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Sky, Etc. | | 17 | mamalaz, February 2009 | |
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| Newbery Challenge : Nicole's list | | 11 | nmhale, February 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Favorite reads | | 34 | fantasia655, February 2009 | |
| The Green Dragon : Well? What books you get from Santa, or his minions? | | 87 | clamairy, January 2009 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : In light of the Holiday..... | | 5 | MerryMary, January 2009 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Claire's 2008 | | 28 | billiejean, January 2009 | |
| Dormant: 888 Challenge : Klarusu's - Better Late Than Never! | | 20 | hailelib, January 2009 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Seeing "Stars" | | 12 | bedda, December 2008 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : i.should.b.reading 2008 challenge | | 137 | i.should.b.reading, December 2008 | |
| Dormant: Name that Book : YA/Children Danish Resistance WWII | | 24 | Caramellunacy, December 2008 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Game ---> PICK A BOOK YOU HAVEN'T READ YET | | 391 | hemlokgang, November 2008 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : A Story in Titles (Yet ANOTHER Silly Book Game) | | 31 | CD1am, September 2008 | |
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| Dormant: Awful Lit. : Awful Classics, Part 2: Son of Awful Classics | | 188 | Booksloth, August 2008 | |
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| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : TeacherDad 2008 | | 185 | TeacherDad, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: Most Disturbing Books : If this is man? | | 6 | Moomin_Mama, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: Children's Book Writers : Welcome! | | 23 | suncloud9, April 2008 | |
| Dormant: 40-Something Library Thingers : What book are you "preaching" about now? | | 10 | TheBookImp, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? II | | 620 | Kerian, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: Read YA Lit : What are you reading in June? | | 51 | Smiley_Scorpio, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : sandragon's 2007 50 book challenge | | 18 | sandragon, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: Read YA Lit : Need Newbery Recommdation | | 14 | LibrarysCat, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Update from 11 02 07 | | 23 | juliette07, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Another Silly Game to Play -- Continued! | | 416 | Lman, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Space | | 21 | SpacemanSpiff, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part II | | 279 | readhead, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Name that Book : Posting and Replying | | 89 | araKnid, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Favourite book of April? | | 16 | sussabmax, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: Canadian Bookworms : What are you reading in April? | | 15 | crysacraig, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: Read YA Lit : the Giver | | 15 | _Zoe_, February 2007 | |
... by a potluck dinner that was related to the book and an activity that also related to the book. For example, when we read Number the Stars we ate traditional passover food, and when we read Jacob Have I Loved we learned how to play poker (with goldfish crackers instead of money).
The book ... ...
5. A Christmas Carol
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7. Little Women
8. Heidi
9. The Dark is Rising
10. Number the Stars
As you can see, though, the problem with using adult appeal as a criterion is that it skews the list towards books for older children. I tried at first ... ... d*
1989 Paul Fleischman - Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices *not translated*
1990 Lois Lowry - Gouden sterren Number the Stars
1991 Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Magee *not translated*
1992 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Een hond voor jezelf Shiloh
1993 Cynthia Rylant - Zonder Mar ... ... like if you enjoy Briar Rose, The Devil's Arithmetic.
Lois Lowry has many popular books, like The Giver and Number the Stars. The Giver is the first of a trilogy. Number the Stars is historical fiction, based in Denmark during the Nazi occupation. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ... of Receiver of Memories.
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry ***
I am glad I gave this author another try. I hadn't liked Number the Stars but I did like both The Giver and Gathering Blue. This is another look at a possible future world. In this story the main character is a young girl who ... ... Mockingbird
· Wilson Rawls – Where the Red Fern Grows
· Frances Burnett – The Secret Garden
· Lois Lowry – Number the Stars
· Lois Lowry – The Giver
· Neil Gaiman – Coraline
· Natalie Babbitt – Tuck Everlasting
· Philippa Pearce – Tom’s Midnight Garden
... ... good. The Sloth is my latest Indiespensible book from Powells. Also, not very far into it, but I like the writing.
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry ***1/2 A children's story about the Holocaust in Denmark. Not as good as The Giver (one of my favorites), but not bad.
Have a Little F ... Two that come to mind.. Atonement was an amazing read.
And when I was in grade school Number the Stars was a VERY frequent re-read, re-read it recently in fact for the first time in at least 15 years. ... Langley - 6 Nov 09
2. Sky: A True Story of Resistance During World War II by Hanneke Ippisch - 10 Nov 09
3. Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - 13 Nov 09
4. The Dust Bowl - Tricia Andryszewski - 24 Nov 09
5. Catherine the Great: Empresss of Russia (A Wicked History) - ... 22. The stars - Edgar Morin
Breathless discourse on the phenomenon of stardom. ... reading
November
87. The Cry of the Sloth, Sam Savage ****1/2
86. The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coelho ***
85. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry ***1/2
84. Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom ****1/2
83. People of the Book, group read Geraldine Brooks *****
82. Half Broke Horses, ... 33.Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
This was one of my very favorite books as a kid; we read it in school when I was nine, and from that point on, I wanted to visit Copenhagen. And now, in less than two weeks, I'm finally going there, so I thought it seemed a good time to reread it. It was just as ... I second Stasia's recommendation of Number the Stars. It's very good, but a lot more simple (being juvenile) than The Giver. And for something totally lighter, I absolutely adored her Anastasia Krupnik books when I was a kid! One of Lowry's I can whole heartedly recommend is Number the Stars, although it is classified as juvenile, not young adult like my library has The Giver. The Giver is the first book in a trilogy, but the other two books, Gathering Blue and Messenger are nowhere near it IMHO. ... I would agree with you. I wonder if children should even be reading books like this. I remember my boys reading books like Number the Stars in middle school and thinking this is too young for kids to have to be reading about The Holocaust--it's too overwhelming for them. I remember how ... ... would agree with you. I wonder if children should even be reading books like this. I remember my boys reading books like Number the Stars in middle school and thinking this is too young for kids to have to be reading about The Holocaust--it's too overwhelming for them. I remember how ... Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities by Miranda Lundy
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle
The Trouble with Angels by Debbie Macomber
Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh 1990 Lois Lowry Number the Stars Winner
-1990 Janet Taylor Lisle Afternoon of the Elves Honor
-1990 Suzanne Fisher Staples Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind Honor
-1990 Gary Paulsen The Winter Room Honor
1991 Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee Winner
-1991 Avi The True Co ...
49. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
50. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
51. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
52. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
53. How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
54. Looking for Red by Angela Johnson
55. A Long Way from Chicago ... ... so I talked her into reading The Book Thief. She's loving it, so while she's reading Hana's Suitcase, I'll be reading Number the Stars before foisting that one on her! I say whatever gets them reading.
#4 Well, I'm glad you found me, Luna. I've been following you!
#5 Linda, ... ... audience, but this one certainly is. I hope your niece likes it! Oh, and if she is interested in the subject matter, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is another book I would recommend.
Good luck with your second half of the challenge! ... Equipped, Inquire Within 4.18
5 Flawed Dogs: The Year End leftovers at the Piddleton last Chance Dog Pound 10.14
6 Number the Stars 10.14
7 The Phantom Tollbooth 10.20
8 Seedfolks 10.22
9 Ten Cents a Dance 10.27
10 After
11 The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid ... Time to break up the thread again...it's getting a bit unwieldy.
Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found here.
Part 3 can be found theexiledlibrarian in Librarians who LibraryThing : Need dhildren's and YA title suggestions (Jun 4, 2009, 10:32am) ... place in early Christian era (if I remember right)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond takes place in colonial America.
Number the Stars, a family protects a Jewish friend from the Nazis and helps them escape.
Martin's Big Words a picture book biography of MLK, great illustrations!
... #220: Number the Stars is very good, but if you can only read one of Lowry's books, I would recommend The Giver. It is excellent. ... and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassān Kanafānī 
52. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 
53. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold  Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cait86's 2009 Reading (Apr 5, 2009, 12:38pm) ... about The Giver - it was a much better book!
Book #39: The Giver by Lois Lowry
I am glad that I read Lowry's Number the Stars first, because I was very impressed with it, and I don't think I would have been if I had read The Giver first. Number the Stars is still a very good ... #216: I liked Number the Stars when I read it recently, too, but not as much as you did. I still think The Giver is the better book of hers. Oh, well, tastes differ and Number is still a very good book. Great review of Number the Stars. I am planning on reading this sometime this year.
Also, interesting list of books from the BBC. Thanks for posting it! You're quite well-rounded! Cait
Thanks for the excellent review of Number the Stars. This is a book I recently obtained via ebay and hope to read it soon. ... vie!
#213-215 - I hope you all enjoy these books! And, if you have not yet read it, I heartily recommend...
Book #38: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
This book goes straight to my list of top reads for the year, and is another fantastic example of children's fiction that confronts heavy ... ... - Things I've Been Silent About****
10. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - The Communist Manifesto***
11. Lois Lowry - Number the Stars***
12. Alan Ehrenhalt - The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues of Community in America***
13. D. E. Boone - Legs Talk***
UPDATE: I changed around ... ... Adams
read 3/10/09, ***1/2
Reviewed
#23: High Above Hawai'i by Erin McCloskey
read 3/16/09, ****
Reviewed
#24: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
read 3/17/09, ***
Reviewed
#25: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
3/10/09 - 3/26/09, ****1/2
Reviewed
#26: Sadako and the Thou ... ... I probably enjoy it as much as everyone else.
#293: Cait, The Giver is probably the best book of Lowry's I have read. Number the Stars won the Newbery, but I really think The Giver is a better book. It is the first book of a trilogy, but the other two books are nowhere close to it in ... I'm glad you enjoyed Hana's Suitcase! I have both Number the Stars and The Giver home from the library this week - I hope I enjoy them as much as you did! ... Sherwood - nonfiction; interesting book on why some people survive disasters and others do not; recommended
134a. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry - juvenile; I did not find this book to be as well written as The Giver, but I still thought this Newbery winner was a good read; ... I am currently reading Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, which won the Newberry several years ago, as well as Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine, that was mentioned here on LT. 
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
This young adult novel is set during 1943, when the population of Denmark banded ...
Might be a little too young for her, but my 11 year old nephew just read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and really enjoyed it. He was telling me about it the other day, and I vaguely remember reading this around 6th grade. I liked Number the Stars as a kid, but it was never my favorite, because it does seem to lack depth. Lowry's The Giver is one of my favorite books of all time, however. ... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_5.gif"> : Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Newbery Medal
137 pages
This young adult novel is set during 1943, when the ... Nickelini, my sixth-graders are reading Number the Stars, which is good but might be a bit young for your 14-year-old. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen both have been highly recommended to me, and I believe I was reading Night by Elie Weisel much upon ... My 6th graders are reading Number the Stars right now, and the two main characters wish they could eat bread and butter in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Does that count? ... to TV. *
TV insists, more than any other media i'd think, on doing your thinking for you. I'd say a kid reading number the stars** or feed or I had seen castles is more likely to think through to implications of what they've read than an adult watching the West ... ... to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles.
For J books: (I haven't read a lot of J...)
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Number the Stars
I hope that helps a little! ... in the Cupboard series
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic series
Midnight in the Dollhouse
Number the Stars
So many wonderful books! Thanks for a walk down memory lane. ...
1992 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Shiloh
1991 Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Magee
1990 Lois Lowry - Number the Stars
... of a Young Girl are great and we did read/learn about them, but at an age when those didn't make much sense Maus did. Number the Stars was another I remember being very popular in middle school (ages 10-13 for those who don't know).
As for my own reading this year I have a bunch on my ... ... for the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. They are hilarious!
My favorite childhood books are probably Number the Stars and Lily's Crossing. These are the only ones I remember reading more than once. I also loved Charlotte's Web and The Outsiders. ...
9. "Do You Speak American?" - MacNeil/Cran (Dec.)
Newberry Winners I Haven't Read
1. "Number the Stars" - Lois Lowry (Jan.)
2. "The Giver" - Lois Lowry (May)
3. "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" - Elizabeth George ... My SantaThing gifts were Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, and Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede. All three are wonderful!
I also bought myself some books. But not really gifts. I'm just obsessive. ... a box from amazon sitting on my front step. In it were the books from my Santa! I am so tickled. glorymom13 sent me Number the Stars, which I had read long ago, but did not own; and Garden Spells, a book I have never seen, but looks delicious!! I can't wait to begin. 43. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
44. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
45. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
46. Dracula by Bram Stoker
 ![](http: ...</a></p><div class="quotehead" style="margin-top: 10px;"><a href=) Retrogirl85 in 999 Challenge : Whitney's 999 Challenge (Dec 9, 2008, 9:59am) "How could anyone throw Lois Lowery in the trash?" I'm in complete agreement, The Giver and Number the Stars were two of my favorite books growing up, they're Y.A. classics in my opinion. ... books soon. I saw her give a talk a few years ago and she took the pictures of the people on the cover of The Giver and Number the Stars. The girl on the cover of Number the Stars is now married with 3 kids. And there was a better picture for the cover of The Giver but it was before all ... I just read Number the Stars, and it definitely was NOT the book I'm looking for. I'm waiting for some of the other suggestions to arrive.
Anybody else have a possibility? Re: Number the Stars....This was my first guess as well. Yes, the main characters are 2 little Danish girls, one of whom is a Jew and must be secreted out of the country.
I definitely remember a Danish resistance in which Jews were ferried to Sweden. I don't remember the other bit you mentioned, ... I'm pretty sure it's NOT Number the Stars. As I recall, the main characters are two little Danish girls (one a Jew) who try to come to terms with the looming Holocaust. Is it Number the Stars by Lois Lowry? ...
Lowry..though of her many books, i think The Giver is the most overrated..she has a LOT of great non-sf fiction..ieNumber the Stars
Peter Dickinson - the Changes trilogy
Diane Duane's mix of SF/Fantasy
O'Brien Z for Zachariah,
Le Guin - earthsea sequence,
John Chris ... I chose Number the Stars by Lois Lowry from cassie97's library. My kids read it in school and I have wanted to read it as well. ... a better copy. She's 18 now but still likes to hold onto good books of her childhood. Another book for young readers is Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, another one of our books that has seen better days. It takes places during WWI and tells the story of two friends, one of them Jewish ... ... "Don't you remember the Complications from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Better just to Number the Stars and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight." ... Sky by Robert Heinlein
A Part of the Sky by Robert Newton Peck
The Stars are Also Fire by Poul Anderson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer ... what people do wrong and the right way to use punctuation. It made grammar more fun than an English textbook.
122. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry - juvenile fiction about WW2. ... at it!
So you Want to Be a Rock Star? by Stephen Anderson
May Bird Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Han Solo at Star's End by Brian Daley
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Chess-Playing Machine by Tom Standage
Good Poems for Hard Times by Garrison Keillor
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss ... Sure of You
6. Bones to Ashes
7. Oryx and Crake
8. Number the Stars ... Spinelli comes to mind. Looking through the recommendations associated with that, The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (and The Giver, which hasn't been touchstoned yet), Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, and The Whipping Boy by Sid Fl ... When I was in jr. high and high school, I read novels about WWII obsessively. I think it started with Number the Stars. I can't remember if it was this or another of Levi's books, but reading one of his completely knocked me out of that obsession. I'd read plenty of nonfiction on the subject, ... ... Country for Old Men movie came out, and for anyone interested in YA/Juv it's Lois Lowry's The Giver or Gossamer or Number the Stars... ... ez
Tom Robbins, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams
Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis
and this month it's Lois Lowry* -- The Giver, Number the Stars, etc...
*how can she not come up with a touchstone?!?!?!?
... Blue (juv, 215 pp)
24. Quiet Strength: A Memoir (sports/biography, 301 pp)
25. Messenger (juv, 169 pp)
26a. Number the Stars (juv, 137 pp)... ...26b. Gypsy Tears (Early Review, 244 pp)
27a. Gossamer (juv, 140 pp)... ...27b. Flight (fiction, 181 ... ... hinted at, but this ended with a trite "and the spell was broken" that didn't seem up to standard...
then picked up Number the Stars, another Lois Lowry (my new fave author) Newbery Medal winner and a good start to the 2nd "half" of my challenge. I think I'll break it up into two 50-book ... I've been on a Lois Lowry kick this weekend, Number the Stars, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger... juv fic, but still quality... Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater
Number the Stars by Lois Lowery
Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
These are some of my favorites, some of them I convinced my teacher read aloud in 4th or 5th grade! I second Number the Stars, and I remember loving The Grey King as a kid. Maniac Magee was also a really good one.
The only one of the Newbery books that I read and didn't like was Out of the Dust. I read it when I was 13 or so and thought, "No kid will enjoy this. This is a book for ... ... Amy Schlitz, to my niece today and I really liked it. In addition, think Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, Parts by Tedd Arnold, The Last Basselope by Berkeley Breathed, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses told by Marianna Mayer ... 48 Number The Stars Lois Lowry ... discussion group I help lead (and because everybody else in the world is reading it. I'm about to read Number the Stars for a class.
For fun, I'm looking forward to Reader and Raelynx (which apparently doesn't touchstone) and Empire of Ivory -- both adult ... Number the stars by lois lowry
the face on the Milk carton by caroline cooney Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Number the Stars
Mercury Rising
The Morning Star (by Nick Bantock)
Goodnight Moon
(touchstones suddenly uncooperative) I read Number the Stars as an adult, and I did love it. My husband read The Giver to his middle school kids for many years (special ed kids who didn't do much reading themselves) and they liked it. When I went to school, there were really lame books to read, although we had our share of Lord ... I LOVED Number the Stars. I actually read it on my own first, because I was a big fan of the Anastasia Krupnik books. ... to be upsetting. People who walk away from it unaffected would worry me.
I agree with Barefeet. Lowry's other book, Number the Stars, is also one of my favorites. It's not just historical fiction (about the holocaust/nazi resistance), but (IMO) a lesson on one's moral responsibilities. ... Bud, Not Buddy (loved it!), The Witch of Blackbird Pond (loved it!), Riding Freedom (I love Pam Munoz Ryan!), Number the Stars (very good), The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (a small detour to adult lit).
Reading Now: A Wrinkle in Time (it's interesting)
Up Next: A Great ... YAY! My son had to read a book for school, and he liked it so much he asked me to read it too! It's a YA book called Number the Stars and I enjoyed it quite a bit. :o) Mostly I'm just so thrilled that my NON-READING child read something he liked that wasn't a Captain Underpants or a Time Warp T ... ... ****
16. The Grey King by Susan Cooper ****
17. The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay *****
18. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ****
19. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson ****
Graphic Novels:
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi ****1/2
Embroideries by Marj ... ... by Guy Gavriel Kay. Kay's writing is so lyrical and really tugs at my heartstrings.
Two honourary mentions:
Number the Stars, a YA novel about 2 friends in Denmark during WWII by Lois Lowry
Persepolis, a graphic novel memoir about growing up in Tehran before/during the Is ... ... in, and I don't recall anyone in the class liking it. But we made it up to the teacher (at least some of us did) by liking Number the Stars. ... one was great!
Next up is Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.
After that maybe Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam or Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin. Or any of a dozen others. Actually, I'm ... Hope y'all don't mind a guest post real quick... Lois Lowry also wrote Number the Stars, Demon, which is about a Danish family saving their Jewish neighbors from being deported by the Nazis. It's a much more uplifting book, if that's what you're looking for. I'm taking a children's literature course right now, and have really liked Bud, Not Buddy and Number the Stars. One of my all time favorites was The Historian -- very creepy. vanishinghitchhiker---
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry had a Jewish girl in Denmark hiding out with some Gentile friends and there were a few scenes where she went onto the roof of the building which had a roof garden on it I think.
And there was a boy involved.
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