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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A good read. I didn't like this as well as "Listening to Lions", also by Whelan, but the story draws you in. A good look at early Communist Russia for young people. (  ) cjoymr | Jun 12, 2008 |  The journey's not so impossible when all those you meet are improbably kind, patient, and willing to risk themselves for strangers. Even exile in Siberia seems cozy here. However, it's still a nice little look at a moment in Russian history, as sanitized as this YA story is. KaterinaBead | Jan 8, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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One Russian night in 1934, Marya and Georgi's parents disappear. Despite high risks, Katya and Misha had spoken against the government. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. Will they ever see their parents again?
But all it takes is one crumpled letter to give Marya and Georgi hope and send them on a dangerous mission to reunite their family. They must steal away in the dark of night, escape the city, and find passage to the great Siberian wilderness. And even then, if they succeed in getting away, their journey will have only just begun.
In this companion novel to her breathtaking Russian epic Angel on the Square, National Book Award winning author Gloria Whelan takes readers on a remarkable journey that is both perilous and transforming.
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