austria

During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.

Presents a short study of the history, people, language, government, and culture of Austria, and contains maps, Web sites, and interesting facts about the country.

Examines the history and geography, government and economy, culture and lifestyles, and language of Austria and provides information on the Austrian Alps, classical music and Mozart, the Lipizzanter horses, the Von Trapp family and history as well as other significant sites and events.

In eighteenth-century Europe, Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a musician whose talent and dedication is overshadowed by that of her gifted younger brother, Wolfgang, struggles to win the notice of her father and patrons who might further her career, despite her gender.

In 1938, having begun to feel the persecution that all Jews are experiencing in their Austrian city, Clara and her family escape over the mountains into Switzerland.

In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.

A Jewish girl and the daughter of a Nazi have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.

Two boys, one a Hungarian peasant, and the other heir to an Austrian aristocracy, become locked in a complex relationship based upon their shared musical brilliance that leads them to become companions, rivals, and eventually lethal enemies.

Text and photographs introduce this small, mountainous central European country.