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The Girl With No Name by Diney Costeloe.

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How was your life when you were just 13 years old? Do you remember? I guess nobody can forget – carefree attitude, studies, play, entering the adolescence, experiencing the world with a different perspective. We all have experienced a change at this age. But have you ever imagined how your life would have been like, had you had to leave the country where you were born leaving behind all the memories, belongings and most painful, your loved ones at the age of mere thirteen. This is exactly what happened to Lisa.  This story revolves around the year 1939 when Lisa, a thirteen year old girl had to leave Germany due to merciless acts of Nazi. She reaches England where a childless couple adopted her. She started going to school but bullied there for being German.  And then Blitz blows her new home apart. She opens her eyes in a hospital with no memory of who she is, or where she came from. The authorities give her a new name and send her to an orphanage center. W