Annemarie In Number The Stars

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In the book Number The Stars 10 year old Annemarie who lives in Copenhagen has to try to navigate life during World War II and keep Ellen, her best friend safe from the Nazi soldiers due to her Jewish religion. When Ellen and Annemarie need to leave their “safe” apartment that they share in Denmark to find some place more safe for Ellen to hide they have to go on a long trip to safety with their loved ones. Soon Ellen must leave again to go to Sweden but this time… she has to leave Annemarie behind. Annemarie and Ellen are very similar like that they go to the same school and that they are the same age and are in the same grade but there is more beyond that. They both are suffering from shortages of food. Mama says in the text that “ There’s