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During the Great Depression, when Eleanor is nine, her family moves from her beloved America to Germany, from which her parents had emigrated years before and where her father has been offered a job he cannot pass up. But when war suddenly breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, they realize returning to the United States isn't an option. They arrive in Berlin as enemy aliens.
Eleanor tries to maintain her American identity as she feels herself pulled into the turbulent life roiling around her. She and her brother are enrolled in German schools and in Hitler's Youth (a requirement). She fervently hopes for an Allied victory, yet for years she must try to survive the Allied bombs shattering her neighborhood. Her family faces separations, bombings, hunger, the final fierce battle for Berlin, the Russian invasion, and the terrors of Soviet occupancy.
This compelling story is heart-racing at times and immerses readers in a first-hand account of Nazi Germany, surviving World War II as a civilian, and immigration.
Kindle Book
- Release date: March 6, 2012
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781561456819
- Release date: March 6, 2012
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781561456819
- File size: 4980 KB
- Release date: March 6, 2012
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Languages
English
Levels
ATOS Level:6.4
Lexile® Measure:940
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-6