Number the Stars

Level 3 · Fluent ReadersUS Grades 4–5Lexile 670LAR (ATOS) 4.5 · Newbery Medal (1990)

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Subject Personalities

The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.

PRIMARY LENS

🇧🇰 WWII & the Danish Rescue

Occupation, Resistance, and the real October 1943 escape of 7,000+ Danish Jews to Sweden — the history under every chapter.

SUPPORTING

⛵ Maritime Denmark & the Øresund

Fishing villages, the narrow strait to Sweden, boats whose daily routine became the rescue’s cover.

SUPPORTING

🕮 Courage & Knowing

Need-to-know, coded talk, and bravery sized to what each person must carry — the book’s theory of courage.

8-Part Novel Study

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PT1

Part 1 · Chapters 1–2

The Footrace & the Soldiers • The King on Horseback • Lise’s Shadow

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PT2

Part 2 · Chapters 3–4

The Closed Shop • Peter’s Warning • Ellen Becomes ‘Lise’

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PT3

Part 3 · Chapters 5–6

The Night Search • The Star in the Fist • The Train North

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PT4

Part 4 · Chapters 7–8

The House by the Sea • Sweden in Sight • The Funeral That Isn’t

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PT5

Part 5 · Chapters 9–10

Brave Without Knowing • The Typhus Lie • The Psalm of the Stars

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PT6

Part 6 · Chapters 11–12

The Casket Opened • The Dark Path • The Dropped Packet

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PT7

Part 7 · Chapters 13–15

The Run Through the Dark • Soldiers & Dogs • The Handkerchief

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PT8

Part 8 · Ch 16–17 & Afterword

The Truths Told at Last • Liberation • The Worn Star · Final

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