Annemarie Johansen is the main character in the story, she is a ten year old girl that lives with her parents and sister at their home. She first appears at the beginning of the book racing her friend down a copenhagen street and throughout it and at the end. I liked her because she is strong when she needs to be, and is a friend when she needs to be. Annemarie was willing to save …showed first 75 words of 410 total…

…showed last 75 words of 410 total…the war and how people felt. This books main themes are loyalty, friendship, courage and humanity. It is a good book about two friends growing up in 1947 during world war two and one of them is a jewish girl. I liked it because you don't know what will happen, something new comes up and something totally different happens. It talks about the holocaust and has a lot of info while still being a fiction book.