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Nielsen, Jennifer A.,

Words on fire / Jennifer A. Nielsen. - First edition. - New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2019. - 322 pages; 22 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781338275476 133827547X 9781338606065 1338606069

LCCN: 2018053894

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Smuggling--Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading--Juvenile fiction.
Government, Resistance to--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Underground movements, War--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Lithuania--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania--History--Underground movements--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Action and adventure fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.N5673 / Car 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6 Fic