Words on fire /
Jennifer A. Nielsen.
- First edition.
- 322 pages ; 22 cm
"New York Times bestselling author."--Dust jacket.
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who to trust, but risking her life and freedom for her country.
9781338275476
2018053894
Smuggling--Lithuania--Juvenile fiction. Books and reading--Juvenile fiction. Government, Resistance to--Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories. Smuggling--Fiction. Books and reading--Fiction. Government, Resistance to--Fiction. Interpersonal relations--Fiction. Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.