Words on fire / Jennifer A. Nielsen.
by Nielsen, Jennifer A [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2019.Edition: First edition.Description: 322 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781338275476.Subject(s): 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 -- FictionGenre/Form: Action and adventure fiction.DDC classification: 813.6 | Fic 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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"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.
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