Words on fire
Title
:
Words on fire
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jennifer A., Nielsen
Summary
:
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who to trust, but risking her life and freedom for her country.
Year Published
:
2019
Subject
:
Smuggling -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Lithuania -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Lithuania -- History -- Underground movements -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Action and adventure fiction.
Summary
:
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who to trust, but risking her life and freedom for her country.
ISBN
:
9781338275476
9781338606065
Publisher
:
New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2019.
©2019
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Mount Pleasant | FIC NIE | Book | 30152000276355 | Fiction |