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LOIS LOWRY

MAIN IDEA

• THE MAIN IDEA OF THE BOOK IS THE SITUATION THAT WAS LIVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN COPENHAGEN, WHEN THE GERMAN TROOPS BEGAN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DANISH JEWS, THUS BEGINNING THE STORY OF A DANISH GIRL NAMED ANNEMARIE JOHANSEN OF 10 YEARS OF AGE AND HER FRIEND ELLEN OF JEWISH ORIGIN WHO WAS RECEPTION BY THE JOHANSEN FAMILY TO MAKE HER SAFE FROM THE NAZIS.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

• I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT VALUES SUCH AS:- COURAGE- DELIVERY- SOLIDARITY- RESPECT FOR LIFE- EQUALITYIN READING THE BOOK I WAS ALSO ABLE TO OBSERVE AND UNDERSTAND A GREAT EVENT SUCH AS THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND NAZI EXTERMINATION.

GLOSARY• STIFFEN: TO MAKE OR BECOME STIFF OR STIFFER/ TENSE.• STRUGGLE: TO MOVE ABOUT STRENUOUSLY SO AS TO SCAPE FOR

SOMETHING CONFINING/A FIGHT TO BATTLE.• CANDLESTICK: A HOLDER, USUALLY ORNAMENTAL, WITH A DIKE OR SPIKE

FOR A CANDLE.• PLAYFUL: FULL OF HIGH SPIRITS AND FUN.• SCRUB: CLEAN, CLEANSE/ INFORMAL: ABANDON, ABOLISH, CANCEL, DELETE.