Number_The_Stars

Number The Stars Number the Stars: A True Representation of Historical Fiction. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is an award winning novel that has captured the hearts of many children and adults. It deals with the struggles of a young girl and her family that occur during World War II. This evaluation will determine if Number the Stars is a “good” representation of a historical fiction. I will be basing my evaluation on the criteria given on page 223 of the Russell book “What Makes Good Historical Fiction'” I will first discuss the true-to-life setting of the book. The second point I will discuss is how the historical details are included in the book. The Newberry winning young adult novel, Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry tells a tale of a ten-year-girl living in occupied Denmark. There, Nazi soldiers on the street corners are a common occurrence. Although life was hard for Annemarie and her family, between food shortages, the loss of their eldest daughter, and fear of the Nazis, life just got harder. Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, is Jewish. All the Jewish citizens of Denmark are being rounded up and “relocated”. Their “relocation” book, historical, lowry, stars, number, life, good, fiction, family, setting, details, denmark, annemarie, nazi, ellen, during, world, war, true, story, should, resistance, representation, reading, people, novel, just, ii, friend, coffee, annelise, young, winning, whole, things