Number The Stars: Lois Lowry

I read this story as a child, but didn't remember much of it. This is written for young girls. A little Danish girl, Annemarie, is best friends with a Jewish girl, Ellen Rosen. Annemarie's family is alerted by the Rosen's that they were being rounded up and "relocated". The Gestapo comes that night and forces their way into Annemarie's apartment where Ellen is staying the night. They pass Ellen off as Annemarie's oldest sister, who died. Annemarie's mother takes the girls to her brother who lived and fished on the coast. There Ellen meets up with her parents and they are taken to safety with some others to Sweden, which remained free during the war. I loved the historical aspects of this book and that it gets children interested in such acts of barbarity and heroism in our past.