A Winter's Day In 1939

Author: Melinda Szymanik

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  • : 9781775430308
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  • : 01 January 2013
  • : 198 x 128 mm
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Description

Adam is 13 years old and lives with his family on a small farm in rural Poland. It is 1939 and the war has just broken out. Russians invade Poland and confiscate Adam’s family’s house and farm. They are sent to live with another family nearby, but are then moved on and put on a train for a Russian labour camp as refugees, prisoners of Russia.

Awards

Finalist New Zealand Post Book Awards 2014 Storylines 2014 Notable Junior Fiction.

Reviews

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