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In 1924, Pasha Chevalsky is a sixteen-year-old Russian immigrant struggling to make it in New York City's Lower East Side. Forced to leave his home by invading Soviet forces, Pasha lives in a tenement house and cares for his widowed mother and sickly younger sister. As if being a poor immigrant wasn't bad enough, Pasha sold himself to a street gang known as the Breadwinners to help support his family. Pasha, who is gentle by nature, is forced to street fight, steal, and bootleg to earn a living. As much as he despises being a Breadwinner, he can never leave, for desertion is punishable by death. Fortunately for Pasha, his luck changes when the mythical Firebird appears and the impossible invades his life. Pasha encounters fire breathers in Central Park, strange dreams, a gypsy circus in Grand Central Terminal, and ultimately a meeting with a peculiar man named Staccato Nimbus who claims Pasha is the lost heir to an ancient throne in another world known as Voiler. Desperate to free from his family from the present circumstances Pasha decides to go with Staccato to Voiler to catch the Firebird before someone else does, someone with darker intentions.

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This book deserves to be read by every fan of beautiful, powerful literature. It is a timely piece that speaks to current political issues (such as immigration) while still reamining accessible to a younger audience.-Angela Howes, Amazon reviewer Loved this book! Wonderful balance of history and fantasy fiction and the character development is done in a way that you're really invested. Well written book! Can't wait for the sequel.-Amazon reviewer This book had everything. Magic, great characters, accurate historic setting and a well paced narrative that sets the series up to continue. As a reader I was left wanting more.-Author Marissa A. Thomas, Goodreads Character development was well done. A love story seems to be developing. Descriptions of places and things seemed to paint pictures in my mind. I was disappointed when I reached THE END until I remembered this is the first in a series.-David B Derryberry, Goodreads The Breadwinner by Morgan True Blum was a wonderful read! The storyline was very interesting and unique. -Lainey, Goodreads At first I thought it was going to be all about street gangs and the thug life. I was quickly swept away by the vivid story, couldn't wait to see what other shanenigans Pasha and his tribe were gonna get into daily! And then, fantasy comes to life! Loved it!-Amazon reviewer The Breadwinners starts off as an interesting look at life during and around the great depression and takes flight off into a full blown high fantasy story. Very interesting.-Troy, Amazon reviewer

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Morgan True Blum is a Kentucky-born author and freelance artist living in Houston, Texas. Highly creative, Morgan spends most of her time writing or illustrating her book series. In addition to illustrating her own books, Morgan also uses her love of acting to narrate her own audiobooks.

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