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Monday, February 4, 2019

Number the Stars Finale

Kim Malthe-Bruun

~We finished reading our latest piece of historical fiction, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.  It was amazing!  Both classes clapped and cheered when the novel was over!  The were connected to the characters and to the situation these two young girls were put in to.  Lois Lowry modeled Peter after a real Resistance fighter named Kim Malthe-Bruun.  He was sentenced to death for working with the Resistance to save Jews and make sure none of Denmark's natural resources reached Germany!
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