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ONE EYE LAUGHING THE OTHER WEEPING: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
by Barry Denenberg
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439095182
Ages 9-12
256 pages

A special edition DEAR AMERICA, in which the story captures the life and times in two very different cities during World War II. Twelve-year-old Julie finds her life changed forever when Hitler invades her hometown of Vienna. Sent to America to live with relatives she's never met, Julie makes a new life in New York City where she becomes fascinated with the Broadway stage. But no matter how well she has adjusted to living in America, her heart still aches to hear from the father and brother she left behind in Vienna.

 

 

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