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Nielsen, Jennifer A.,

Words on fire / Jennifer A. Nielsen. - First edition. - 322 pages ; 22 cm

"New York Times bestselling author."--Dust jacket.

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.

9781338275476

2018053894


Smuggling--Lithuania--Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading--Juvenile fiction.
Government, Resistance to--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
Smuggling--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Government, Resistance to--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.


Lithuania--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania--History--Underground movements--Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania--History--19th century--Fiction.
Lithuania--History--Underground movements--Fiction.


Action and adventure fiction.

PZ7.N5673 / Car 2019

813.6 Fic

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