Jacketed Hardcover // Nonfiction
by Greg Dawson // Pegasus Books
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Girl Photo: Jaqueline Butler, Millenium Images
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Synopsis: Zhanna, a spunky young Jewish girl from the Ukraine, is a gifted piano prodigy--she was giving concerts by the age of six. When the Nazis invade her hometown and her family is condemned to exile and execution in the killing fields of Drobitsky Yar, Zhanna manages to escape the death march and uses her rare musical gift to help her survive. Performing for the occupying Nazi troops, and never unaware of the cruel irony of her situation, Zhanna keeps her true identity a secret until a young American soldier with ties to Julliard adopts her. Upon her emigration to America, Zhanna’s gift flourishes and she becomes one of the first Jewish refugees to enter Juilliard.
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