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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.
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Gloria Whelan
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.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I don't know but, given what I know of the conditions in Leningrad and Russia in general during that time period, it seems kind of unrealistic that only one character died during this story, and that character a fairly minor one. That's hardly a deal-breaker though, and Whelan is able to cover a lot of ground in this short novel, describing the suffering of the Leningraders and the adversity they faced, and the ways they fought back, without being graphic.