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Inspiring story of teen pianist who escaped Nazis in WWII. Read Common Sense Media's The Children of Willesden Lane review, age rating, and parents guide.
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THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE is a wonderful little book --- at times heartbreaking but, ultimately, inspirational. It tells the true story of Lisa Jura, who in 1938 was a promising 14-year-old pianist living happily in Vienna with her close-knit Jewish family and dreaming of following the musical footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and ...
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Jan 1, 2002 · 108 ratings13 reviews. A young readers' edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision.
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Oct 22, 2017 · Sunday 22 October 2017. Review: The Children of Willesden Lane. ‘What do you hold on to in life when facing great challenges?’. The answer to this question is reflected in pianist Lisa Jura Golabek’s life. A child prodigy, she left Vienna in 1938, on the last Kindertransport for London.
Mona Golabek Lee Cohen. Language. English. Genre. Memoir. Publisher. Hachette Book Group. ISBN. 978-0-446-69027-0. The Children of Willesden Lane is a memoir by Mona Golabek, documenting the life of her mother, Lisa, from the time she left Vienna, Austria to the end of World War II.
Mar 28, 2017 · 4.7 162 ratings. See all formats and editions. A young readers' edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist.
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Nov 14, 2021 · (1 reviews) Author: Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen. Publisher: Hachette. Lisa Jura lives with her family in Vienna and dreams of being a concert pianist. But everything is changing: it's no longer safe for her to walk down the street, her piano teacher has turned her away, and now her parents are sending her on a terrifying journey to another country.
