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Denmark, 1943.
The childhood of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen is spent between school, the anxiety that hangs in the air, and the Nazi soldiers who have filled the streets of Copenhagen.
“Are you very brave, little Annemarie?” asks Uncle Henrik. The girl has read about heroes and heroines in fairy tales, but very soon she herself will have to show real courage.
“Counting the Dawn” is a touching historical novel based on true events. It is a story of friendship, humanity and the power of good even in the darkest times. Through Annemarie’s eyes, we see the activities of the Danish Resistance Movement, as well as the everyday heroic deeds of adults and children.
Lois Lowry is one of the most famous authors of modern literature, a two-time winner of the John Newbery Medal. Her story "Counting the Dawn" has remained a classic for readers young and old around the world for over thirty years.