TY - BOOK AU - Kessler,Liz TI - When the world was ours SN - 9781534499652 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, New York PB - Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division KW - Friendship KW - Austria KW - Vienna KW - Juvenile fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Social aspects KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Families KW - Jews KW - Vienna (Austria) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "Inspired by a true story" -- Cover; "Originally published in Great Britain in 2021 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd." -- Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-337); Ages 12 and up N2 - Vienna. 1936. Three young friends--Leo, Elsa, and Max--spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that events will soon mean that they are ripped apart from each other as their lives take very different directions... Inspired by a true story, this is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and shows the bonds of love, family and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times ER -