Beers are offered to adults and a baby is drugged to keep her quiet on a dangerous night. There are mentions of deaths and disappearances, too, including the death of the main character's sister, who was hit by a car before the story begins. Expect some tense moments between kids and Nazi soldiers, once on the street, other times in their homes, and another time a girl is alone in the country with soldiers who have two large dogs. Parents need to know that Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry ( The Giver), is a poignant read about the Nazi occupation of Denmark that won the Newbery Medal, the highest honor in children's literature, in 1990. A baby drugged to keep her quiet on a dangerous night.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Mention that Papa misses his cigarettes and that the men in his office will smoke anything - weeds, paper - because they can no longer get the real thing in wartime.
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