{"product_id":"eleanors-story-eleanor-ramrath-garner-9781561452965","title":"Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing coming-of-age autobiography of a young American caught in Nazi Germany during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the Great Depression, when Eleanor is nine, her family moves from her beloved America to Germany, from which her parents had emigrated years before and where her father has been offered a job he cannot pass up. But when war suddenly breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, they realize returning to the United States isn't an option. They arrive in Berlin as enemy aliens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor tries to maintain her American identity as she feels herself pulled into the turbulent life roiling around her. She and her brother are enrolled in German schools and in Hitler's Youth (a requirement). 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis compelling story is heart-racing at times and immerses readers in a first-hand account of Nazi Germany, surviving World War II as a civilian, and immigration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Ramrath Garner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1561452963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781561452965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peachtree Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.98w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e32276 \/ Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 28","brand":"Eleanor Ramrath Garner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980096569599,"sku":"9781561452965","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3cdc332-a270-46ae-99fc-78020c2d971a.jpg?v=1683248371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eleanors-story-eleanor-ramrath-garner-9781561452965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}