Mona Golabek is a Grammy-nominated recording artist, internationally-celebrated concert pianist, and star of the one-woman show The Pianist of Willesden Lane.
Author: Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Publisher: Hachette Interest age: 11-14 Reading age: 12+
Aspiring concert pianist Lisa Jura is just 14 when she is forced to leave Germany behind and travel to England on the Kindertransport. Told by her daughter Mona, it's an eye-opening insight into life as a young refugee during World War Two.