Splithead

Pages: 212
Published: 2011
Language: English

Seven-year-old Mischka's world splits in two when her Russo-Jewish family flees the USSR for Vienna. She navigates a new life of Barbie dolls and German lessons, but a part of her remains tethered to her homeland's terrifying folktales and insidious anti-Semitism. As her parents' marriage crumbles and her sister withdraws, Mischka must reconcile her divided heart and head to find her own path.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Melancholic Emotional Thought-Provoking Complex

Coming of Age Fish Out of Water Family Saga

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Julya Rabinowich

Julya Rabinowich is an Austrian author and playwright who writes about migration and the search for identity. She contributed to the Europa28 anthology and is known for her direct stories about refugees and young people. Her work focuses on how