She is brave, clever, and in some parts of the book, really smart.
Ellen is Jewish and she is Annemarie's best friend in the book. Her last name is Rosen. She gets to Sweden in Uncle Henrik's boat safely. She is 10 when the book starts and 12 when the book ends.
In the book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, Ellen is a character who is Annemarie's best friend. She is Jewish, and as the story is set during World War II in Nazi-occupied Denmark, Ellen and her family face danger and persecution due to their religion. The two girls find themselves caught up in the resistance movement to help Ellen and her family escape to safety.
Ellen Rosen, a Jew, is Annemarie's best friend in the book Number the Stars.
Ellen represents Denmark's Jews who went to Sweden during the German occupation of Denmark.
She is brave, clever, and in some parts of the book, really smart.
Religious and Brave
Yes Ellen is Jewish in number the stars.
Ellen in the book "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry had dark brown eyes.
Ellen Rosen is 10 years old in the book "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry.
Yes, Ellen and her family were Jewish.
The uncles boat
Ellen was celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, when she went to the synagogue in "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry.
In "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry, Ellen's father is a newspaper writer. He writes for the newspaper that has been shut down by the Nazis during the occupation of Denmark.
that she is very shy.
that is how she looks on the cover.
she wears a star of david!
No, Lois Lowry did not write Number the Stars. The book was written by Lois Lowry's fellow Newbery Medal-winning author, Lois Lowry.
Ellen pretends to be Annemarie's older sister, Lise.
She did not run away!