The Endless Steppe
$23.00
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2017
Summary
The moving true-life story of a young girl in exile in Siberia during World War II, which will appeal to fans of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Codename Verity.
Esther Rudomin was ten years old when, in 1941, she and her family were arrested by the Russians for being ‘capitalists’ and transported to the endless steppe of Siberia. This is the very moving true story of the next five years spent in exile, of how the Rudomins kept their courage high, though they went b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141369044 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141369043 |
| Author: | Esther Hautzig |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 132mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The Originals |
| Audience Age: | 12-17 |
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Critics Review
Radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit
Radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit * Washington Post *
Esther Hautzig
Esther Hautzig was born in Eastern Poland (in what is now Vilnius, Lithuania) in October, 1930. When the region was conquered by Soviet troops in 1941, Esther, her parents and her grandparents were uprooted and exiled to Siberia where they spent the next five years in forced labour camps. The family returned home after the war and in 1947 Esther left to go to the USA as a student. Her acclaimed novel The Endless Steppe was inspired by her gruelling wartime experiences. She was married to a concert pianist and had two children. Esther died in 2009.
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