Words on fire
Nielsen, Jennifer A.,
Words on fire - First edition. - 322 pages ; 22 cm
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 133827547X 9781338606065 1338606069
2018053894
1800-1899
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.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Action and adventure fiction.
PZ7.N5673 / Car 2019
813.6 Fic
Words on fire - First edition. - 322 pages ; 22 cm
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 133827547X 9781338606065 1338606069
2018053894
1800-1899
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.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Action and adventure fiction.
PZ7.N5673 / Car 2019
813.6 Fic