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Overview*Winner, Canadian Jewish Literary Awards - Children/Youth, 2020* *Commended, Sydney Taylor Book Award - Middle-grade Notable, 2020* *Finalist, Silver Birch Fiction Award, 2021* *Nominee, Red Cedar Children's Book Award - Fiction, 2020* *Short-listed, Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literary, 2020* *CBC Books Best Canadian YA and Middle-Grade Books of 2020* Age range 9 to 12 A young boy named Natt finds his world overturned when his family is uprooted and exiled to Siberia during the occupation of the Soviet Ukraine by Nazi Germany. In 1941, life in Natt's small town of Zastavna is comfortable and familiar, even if the grownups are acting strange, and his parents treat him like a baby. Natt knows there's a war on, of course, but he's glad their family didn't emigrate to Canada when they had a chance. His mother didn't want to leave their home, and neither did he. He especially wouldn't want to leave his best friend, Max. Max is the ideas guy, and he hears what's going on in the world from his older sisters. Together the boys are two brave musketeers. Then one day Natt goes home and finds his family huddled around the radio. The Russians are taking over. The churches and synagogues will close, Hebrew school will be held in secret, and there are tanks and soldiers in the street. But it's exciting, too. Natt wants to become a Young Pioneer, to show outstanding revolutionary spirit and make their new leader, Comrade Stalin, proud. But life under the Russians is hard. The soldiers are poor. They eat up all the food and they even take over Natt's house. Then Natt's father is arrested, and even Natt is detained and questioned. He feels like a nomad, sleeping at other people's houses while his mother works to free his father. As the adults try to protect him from the reality of their situation, and local authorities begin to round up deportees bound for Siberia, Natt is filled with a sense of guilt and grief. Why wasn't he brave enough to look up at the prison window when his mother took him to see his father for what might be the last time? Or can just getting through war be a heroic act in itself? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edeet RavelPublisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada Weight: 0.208kg ISBN: 9781773065885ISBN 10: 1773065882 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 16 September 2021 Recommended Age: From 9 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBasing her story on the experience of a beloved teacher, Ravel has Natt tell his own story in an ingenuous present tense that never loses its youthful quality even as it gains wisdom. . . . An accessible gateway to mid-20th-century Eastern European history. * Kirkus Reviews * A powerful reminder of the effect of war on children. * CM Review of Materials * [An] excep tion al nov el ... [A] com pelling sto ry which choos es dif fi cult and ambigu ous truths over com fort ing simplification. * Jewish Book Council * Author InformationEdeet Ravel is an award-winning author of books for both young readers and adults. Her YA novel, Held, was nominated for the CLA Young Adult Book Award and the Arthur Ellis Crime Award, and her YA novel, The Saver, has been adapted for film and received awards around the world. Her novels for adults have won the Hugh MacLennan Prize and the Jewish Book Award and have been nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize. Edeet was born on an Israeli kibbutz and holds a PhD in Jewish Studies from McGill University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |