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Words on fire

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 322 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781338275476
  • 133827547X
  • 9781338606065
  • 1338606069
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.6 Fic 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.N5673 Car 2019
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JF JF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Fiction J NIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 24480000020293

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.

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