Burying the Sun

Informationen zum Autor Gloria Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird , winner of the National Book Award; Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect ; Angel on the Square ; Burying the Sun ; Once on This Island , winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Return to the Island . She lives in the woods of northern Michigan. Zusammenfassung Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya, packs up the great artwork at the Hermitage museum for safekeeping, and their mother tends to the wounded soldiers. But at fourteen years old, Georgi is too young to join the army, and he wonders how he can possibly help his friends and family. As the city slowly starves from lack of food and hope, Georgi knows he can help his people survive, but he must face dangers as real as the battles on the front lines.

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Whelan, Whelan Gloria
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2007
• EAN: 9780060541149
• ISBN: 978-0-06-054114-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Russian Saga; Russian Saga
• Subjects: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Blended Families, JUVENILE FICTION / War & Military, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Royalty, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Europe, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers, JUVENILE FICTION: War & Military