An Interrupted Life

Banned from school, parks, movie theaters-- banned from all public places!-- shy twelve-year-old Lisl Malkin is trying to escape from German-occupied Austria.

In this frank, riveting tale, she describes the consequences of that effort. her animated portrayal of confrontations with the Gestapo is bone-chilling. she is finally taken to England by the Kindertransport. she poignantly depicts overcoming her loneliness there during the war, her determination to preserve her Jewish identity, and h...