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      • Most of the book follows Lisa's life during the war years. It is a moving coming-of-age story of the friendships Lisa made, her attempts to continue her musical training, her worries about the family she left behind, and her efforts to help her younger sister, in particular, to escape from Austria and join her in England.
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  2. The Children of Willesden Lane represents an unusual opportunity to educate and inspire current and future generations of students and teachers in the lessons of history and human perseverance. By maximizing the books message through this incisive curriculum developed by Facing History and

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  3. 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.

  4. by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen. 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.

  5. Feb 23, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from their parents and brought to England for safety before World War II.

  6. Jan 1, 2002 · 103 ratings14 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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  7. Nov 14, 2021 · This is the true story of how Lisa escaped Nazi-controlled Austria just before the outbreak of World War Two on the Kindertransport. Taken to England and housed in a home for refugee children on London's Willesden Lane, she must make new friends and a new family and find a way to endure the years of war.

  8. Mar 28, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition) [Sher, Emil, Golabek, Mona, Cohen, Lee] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

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