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The blackbird girls / by Anne Blankman.

Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.B61333 Bla 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Blankman, Anne, author.
Contributor:
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Juvenile fiction.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Ukraine--Juvenile fiction.
Nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power plants--Accidents.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Juvenile fiction.
Saint Petersburg (Russia).
Ukraine--Juvenile fiction.
Ukraine.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.
Ukraine--Chornobylʹ.
Genre:
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile works.
Young adult works.
Novels.
Physical Description:
340 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Summary:
"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. Valentina must keep her grandmother's secret, one that could put all their lives in danger. And both of them discover something they've wished for: a best friend. But how far would you go to save your best friend's life? Would you risk your own?" -- Amazon.com
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342).
National Jewish Book Awards - Middle Grade Literature, Winner, 2020
ISBN:
9781984837356
1984837354
OCLC:
1129212215

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