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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lowry to M. M. Kimmel on the title page, "For Maggie, with thanks once again, Lois Lowry '95." Margaret Mary Kimmel is a professor emerita in the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. She has served on many important library councils including, the Carnegie 100 (an advisory group to the Carnegie Institute), the board of directors of the Children's Council of Western Pennsylvania, the advisory board of Beginning with Books, the board of trustees for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (member of the Executive Committee and Chair of Automation Committee), the United States National Section of the International Board of Books for Young People (as past president), the American Library Association Council (as member, chair of the Committee on Accreditation, chair of the Office of Library Personnel Advisory Committee, and chair of the Committee on Education), the Association of Library… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. 0395510600 . A first printing of a first edition in fine condition in a likewise fine dust-jacket. This copy is signed by the author on the title page; The story of how the Danish Resistance smuggled over seven thousand Jewish people from Denmark during Nazi occupation all through the eyes of ten year old Annemarie; 137 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [7], 2-137, [1] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $12.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Review slip from the publisher laid in. A nice copy of the 1990 Newbery Medal winner. Lowry's story of how one young girl's family takes in a young Jewish girl, Ellen Rosen, in order to save her from persecution in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Minor warping to the boards; jacket shows a few traces of edge wear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition in first state jacket (no Newbery Medal sticker). Boards faintly soiled, jacket reverse and top edge faintly foxed, pages lightly toned. 1989 Hard Cover. 137, [1] pp. 8vo. The Newbery Medal winning novel by the popular children's author. "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.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR! (Scarce Signed!) First Edition and Eighteenth Printing (Houghton Mifflin, 1989) Signed on the Full title page as follows: "Lois Lowry". This book is UNREAD and is Fine Plus in all respects. The Boards are clean with sharp, square corners. The Spine is Fine with BRILLIANT, Complete Gold lettering. Pages are clean and unmarked in any way. Binding is Very Tight. Dust Jacket is Very Fine. Price intact and protected in a new custom trimmed Mylar sleeve. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTOR COPY! **I too, am a collector and know all too well what it is like receiving a book "not as described". This does not happen here. I am passionate about honesty, quality and customer satisfaction. I have a NO DISAPPOINTMENT policy. My books are always carefully shipped in well-padded boxes and always smoke and odor free.**

Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Scarce first edition, first printing of the winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal. Number line complete to 1, first state dust jacket flap with $12.95 price, and NO Newbery Award medal on the cover. Binding has light wear, jacket has closed tear with some nicks and wear to edges and some unobtrusive tape reinforcement.

Yearling Newbery, 1990-01-01. Paperback. Good. FIRST EDITION in Collectable Good Condition. Crisp pages. Tight binding. Great reading copy. Slight shelf wear on cover. Some tanning. Some rubbing wear to cover edges. - All products inspected inside and out and shipped by USPS with a tracking number! I highly suggest that you choose expedited shipping. For a small fee you get priority shipping, insurance and a padded envelope for the best protection.

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2010. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. New. 5.25"x7.75". 137pgs. Cover photo c Lois Lowry. AR Quiz No. 379 EN Fiction Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, RV, LS, VP Book Rating Rating: 3.5 In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

New York: Dell Publishing. Good with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback.