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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos--grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Esther's Polish home seemed to be perfect in 1941 until one morning when Russian soldiers placed their family under arrest for being "capitalists, and therefore enemies of the people". In a cattle car the family was taken across Russia to Siberia, a place reserved for criminals & political enemies.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young boy named Natt finds his world overturned when his family is uprooted and exiled to Siberia during the occupation of the Soviet Ukraine by Nazi Germany. In 1941, life in Natt's small town of Zastavna is comfortable and familiar, even if the grownups are acting strange, and his parents treat him like a baby. Natt knows there's a war on, of course, but he's glad their family didn't emigrate to Canada when they had a chance. His mother didn't...
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