This Newbery Medal-winning classic by the author of "The Giver" tells the profound, time-honored story of Annemarie, a brave 10-year-old Danish girl who helps her Jewish best friend survive the Nazis in the war-torn world of 1943. This commemorative edition features a new Introduction by the author.

1990 Newbery Medal Winner

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.

Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal.