Torch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--Fiction.

Suicide--Fiction.

Defectors--Fiction.

Czechoslovakia--History--1968-1989--Fiction.

Genre:

Novels.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Lerner Publishing Group, 2022.

Summary:

"When 17-year-old Pavol fatally sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, his three best friends must figure out how to survive an oppressive regime without him"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Front Flap

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright Information

Photo Acknowledgments

Note to Readers

Jan Palach's Martyrdom

Rozcestí: The Crossroads March 10-15, 1969

Chapter 1: Pavol

Chapter 2: Štěpán

Chapter 3: Tomáš

Three Months Before December 22, 1968

Chapter 4: Lída

Chapter 5: Lída and Pavol

The Reckoning March 17-24, 1969

Chapter 6: Lída

Chapter 7: Štěpán

Chapter 8: Tomáš

The Gathering April-May 1969

Chapter 9: Tomáš

Chapter 10: Lída

Chapter 11: Štěpán and Lída

Chapter 12: Štěpán

Chapter 13: Tomáš

Chapter 14: Lída

Chapter 15: Lída

Field Trip of the Czech Resistance June 1969

Chapter 16: Tomáš

Chapter 17: Lída and Tomáš

Chapter 18: Tomáš and Lída

Chapter 19: Štěpán

Chapter 20: Tomáš and Lída

Chapter 21: Štěpán

Chapter 22: Tomáš

Chapter 23: Lída and Tomáš

Chapter 24: Štěpán

Chapter 25: Tomáš and Lída

Chapter 26: Štěpán, Lída, and Tomáš

Chapter 27: Tomáš

Chapter 28: Lída

Chapter 29: Štěpánand Tomáš

A Fork in the Road, a Parting of the Ways Summer 1969

Chapter 30: Štěpán, Lída, and Tomáš

Questions for Discussion

Author's Note

Historical Note

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Back Flap

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Miller-Lachmann, Lyn Torch

ISBN:

9781728460741

1728460743

OCLC:

1330932782