Number the Stars and A Series of Unfortunate Events are similar in these couple of ways. In Number the Stars the Jews were treated poorly by theyre guardians  Just like the Children in A Series of Unfortunate Events. A similar theme between the two is disgust. Just beacuse how badly the the Jews and the children were treated. Another theme the two books share is anger because they never got theyre way were treated differently and poorly. Now you know why the two books are similar in those ways.