The Darkest Evening
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0439373077
ISBN 13
9780439373074
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Pages
240
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Description
A thrilling novel of a young boy's devastation when his father uproots him and moves their family to Russia, where a society of Finnish-Socialists attempt to found a workers' paradise.Jake's life is turned upside down when his father gets caught up in the Socialist fervor washing over their Finnish mining community in Minnesota. His father decides to move their family to a new, Finnish state inside the Soviet Union, a change that fills Jake with dread. Where his father dreams of creating a worker's paradise, Jake and his family find disappointment and hardship. The story culminates with a thrilling escape--on skis--from Russia to Finland. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
