Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

Current Events & Pop Culture

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Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture

Fallen Heroes

This tourist portal for Copenhagen offers a glimpse at the reality behind the fates of Lowry's brave young Resistance fighters, Lise and Peter. The Memorial Park at Ryvangen honors the exact place where vanquished Nazi forces "liquidated" the members of the Danish Resistance still in their custody.