Reading Jornal # 3

About the book

About a month ago I re read the book Number the Stars by Louis Lowry. I read this book in sixth grade as a class I found my old copy in my room and started reading it again because I had forgotten what it was about. The narrator of this book was a ten year old girl named Annemarie Johansen in the beginning of the story Annie, her younger sister Kristi and her friend Ellen were racing to get home from school at once two German soldiers stop them and warn them not to run around. Already from the first chapter it explains the dynamics of what’s going on. The story becomes more exciting in the next chapters, more things start happening like Mrs. Hirsch (A Jewish lady) store got closed down .The time setting is during World War II and in the story they are living in Denmark. Annie goes through many obstacles. Many of these obstacles include Annie to hide from the German soldiers, or she feels like she’s “Little Red Riding Hood “when she goes to deliver a message and she feels like the Wolf are the German soldiers. Many things were happening to Jewish people and Ellen and her family was one of them. Annie’s mother Mrs. Johanson is determined to keep Annie, Helen and her family safe. An important character in this story is Peter Neilson, Peter was married to Annie's older sister who died years before this happened in a car accident. Annie’s considers him as her brother. He is the person that helps The Rosen's (Ellen’s Family) the most by getting them to safety. He is my favorite character.

My thoughts about the book

When I read this book in sixth grade with my class I didn’t care for it at all. Now that I read it by myself I really enjoyed it. This book is pretty good. The best thing I like about this book is how it is very nerve wrecking. I love how this book is very addicting to read. My favorite character in the book is Peter, because he was so brave and so caring to get the Rosen’s to safety. I’m glad I re read this book. Most people have read this book but if you haven’t I recommend it. It's a good book very easy to read, I read it in two days I highly recommend it if you haven’t read it.