This compelling memoir of Eleanor Ramrath Garner's youth, growing up as an American trapped in World War II Berlin, puts a very human face on the horrors of war. Includes a new Author's Note. Photos.
This dramatic autobiography of Eleanor Ramrath Garner reveals the daily struggles of growing up as a young American caught in World War II Berlin.
During the Great Depression, when she is nine, Eleanor's family moves from her beloved America to Germany, where her father has been offered a good job. But war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, and they cannot return to the United States.
Eleanor tries to maintain her American identity as she feels herself pulled into the turbulent life roiling around her. 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 immerses readers in the first-hand account of surviving World War II as a civilian. It's a story of trying to maintain stability, hope, and identity in a world of terror and contrasts, and it puts a very human face on the horrors of war, helping readers understand that each casualty of war is a person, not a number.
Curriculum Connections: Non-fiction memoir cross-curricular, backmatter, unique POV, great detail for close reading, has photographs, cause and effect, notable matter and unique thread on a well known subject
Curriculum Connections: Non-fiction memoir cross-curricular, backmatter, unique POV, great detail for close reading, has photographs, cause and effect, notable matter and unique thread on a well known subject
Curriculum Connections: Non-fiction memoir cross-curricular, backmatter, unique POV, great detail for close reading, has photographs, cause and effect, notable matter and unique thread on a well known subject
Curriculum Connections: Non-fiction memoir cross-curricular, backmatter, unique POV, great detail for close reading, has photographs, cause and effect, notable matter and unique thread on a well known subject
Curriculum Connections: Non-fiction memoir cross-curricular, backmatter, unique POV, great detail for close reading, has photographs, cause and effect, notable matter and unique thread on a well known subject