Number The Stars takes place in Denmark in 1943. This setting is incredibly important, because the Nazis had occupied the country for a 3 years already. There are Nazi soldiers on every street corner, and they are starting to have a stronger presence. 

It takes place at their apartment building and at Uncle Henrik's house in the country. Both settings are important, because they add emotions to the story. When they are at their apartment, the setting felt tense and scary, because the Nazis showed up and could be there at any minute. In the country, they had a sense of safety, but it was only temporary.

     Number The Stars takes place in Denmark in 1943. In the story, The Nazis had been occupying the country since 1940. This is accurate. From my nonfiction study, I learned that the Nazis did invade Denmark in 1940.

     Other things that happened in my book that really did happen in history, was the Nazis obtaining a list of Jewish people from the Synagogues. They really were warned, and many really did flee before they could be captured.

     One of the most interesting things I learned that really did happen, was that the Danish navy blew up their entire fleet of ships prior to the Nazi invasion. The mentioned this in my book on page xx. They did this, so the Nazis would have less military equipment to use.

     Anne Marie is a young, German girl. She is aware of the war going on around her, and she knows enough to be afraid of the soldiers she sees.

     She changed quite a bit from the beginning of the story to the end. In the beginning, she was naive. I think this, because on page XX, she didn't understand what was happening to the owner of the button shop. By the end of the story, she was brave, and had a better understanding of the war. One example of this was her understanding that there was no Aunt Birte. I aslo know this, because she risked her life and lied to Nazis in chapter XX, in order to deliver the important package.

     I also think she is an incredibly loyal friend that would risk her life to protect Ellen. One example of this was not telling Ellen about Aunt Birte on page XX. She did this to protect her. She also showed her loyalty when she lied to the Nazis. She could have died, but risked her life to get to her uncle's boat.

     There are important secondary characters in this story. They each play an important role in how the problems get solved.

     Mama is one of the most important secondary characters in the story. She is incredibly brave and willing to risk her life for others. There are many examples of this. First, she and Papa took in Ellen and pretended she was Lise. She also took Ellen to her brother's house in order to keep her safe. In chapter XX, she helped stage the fake funeral for Aunt Birte to not only help Ellen, but many other Jewish people. And finally, in chapter XX, she helped lead the Jewish people to Uncle Henrik's boat and even broke her leg in the process.

     Uncle Henrik is another extremely important secondary character. He, like Mama, risked his life to save Jewish people. In chapter XX, he was also involved in the fake funeral. And, most importantly, in chapter XX, he smuggled the Jews in his boat across the water to Norway, so they could be free until the war was over.

     Without both of these secondary character, Ellen and her family would not have survived the war.

     The group that has the most power in this story is the Nazis. They demonstrate this power in many ways. In the first chapter, they bullied the girls and questioned what they were doing, when they were just walking home from school.

     Another example of the Nazis overusing their power, was closing up the button shop, just because the owner was Jewish. They, then, proceeded to attack other Jewish people, by showing up at their doors to take them away.

     One of the scariest demonstrations of power was when they showed up at Anne Marie's door and started questioning Ellen's presence. They said unkind things to her parents, and tore up the picture of Lise.

     At the end of the book, they stormed the "funeral" in chapter XX. They also went after Anne Marie on page xx when she was delivering the package to Uncle Henrik.

     All of these show that the Nazis had complete control over the citizens during the war. The power shifted once the war was over in 1945.

     In Number the Stars, the author used the third person point of view to tell the story. I know this because in all parts of the story, each character was listed by name. For example, on page XX it said "What happened to her, Mama?" Anne Marie asked. In between dialogue, the narrator was also telling the story.

     Anne Marie and her family also had a sympathetic perspective towards the Jewish people This means that they felt they were being treated unfairly by the Nazis, and were willing to do whatever it took to protect them. They were part of an underground movement called "The Resistance", in which all people felt the Nazis treatment of Jewish people was wrong.

     The Nazis, however, had a different perspective. They felt that Jewish people were bad and needed to be "eliminated." Not every Nazi felt this way, but they had to follow orders from Adolph Hitler.