The Impossible Journey

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 From National Book Award winner Gloria Whelan comes the remarkable continuation of her Russian series. With her signature spare language and luminescent detail, award–winning author Gloria Whelan delivers the gripping companion novel to her Russian saga, Angel on the Square . One night in 1934, Marya and Georgi's parent's disappear. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. But one crumpled letter gives the children hope and sends them on a difficult mission : to escape the city and find passage to the great Siberian wilderness. This is the story of their journey, one both perilous and transforming. Ages 10+

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Whelan, Whelan Gloria
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2004
• EAN: 9780064410830
• ISBN: 978-0-06-441083-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Russian Saga; Russian Saga
• Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, 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