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Burying the SunBurying the Sun

Burying the Sun2004

Gloria Whelan

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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.

Details

First published
2004
OL Work ID
OL14866609W

Subjects

FaminesFictionHistorical FictionHistoryJuvenile fictionSurvivalWorld War, 1939-1945Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecksSoviet union, history, fictionWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionChildren's fiction

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