num_pages: 187
description: An autobiographical account of a young girl whose ballet career with the Vienna State Opera was interrupted by the invasion of the Nazis and who later had to fight for her life during the Russian occupation.
language: English
title: As the Waltz Was Ending
titlecomplete: As the Waltz Was Ending
genres: Historical, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, World War II, Holocaust, War, Biography Memoir, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 392
places: Vienna
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Juvenile
publisher: Scholastic