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354 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781250313607
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication date: 17 January 2023
Description
From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet ...
Community Reviews Summary of 262 reviews
Moods
sad 75%
informative 63%
reflective 50%
challenging 36%
inspiring 32%
hopeful 28%
dark 26%
tense 16%
mysterious 15%
adventurous 10%
Pace
fast 21%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 66% | Character: 20% | Plot: 13%Strong character development?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Loveable characters?
Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 55% | No: 26% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 41% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Child death, Death, Death of parentModerate
Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, Forced institutionalization354 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781250313607
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication date: 17 January 2023
Description
From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet ...
Community Reviews Summary of 262 reviews
Moods
sad 75%
informative 63%
reflective 50%
challenging 36%
inspiring 32%
hopeful 28%
dark 26%
tense 16%
mysterious 15%
adventurous 10%
Pace
fast 21%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 66% | Character: 20% | Plot: 13%Strong character development?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Loveable characters?
Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 55% | No: 26% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 41% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Death, Death of parentModerate
Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, Forced institutionalization