Breaking Stalin's nose

Title
Breaking Stalin's nose

Personal Author EPSB
Eugene. Yelchin

Summary
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.

Year Published
2011

Physical Description
140 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Edition
1st ed.

Grade Interest level
5-8

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 2.0 146486

Awards
Newbery Medal/Honor, 2012

Subject
Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
 
Historical fiction.
 
Communism -- Fiction.
 
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
 
Russia -- History -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Summary
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.

ISBN
9780805092165
 
9781250034106

Publisher
New York : Henry Holt, 2011.


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