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The Darkest Evening
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication date
September 1, 2004
Pages
208
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780439373074
ISBN-10
0439373077
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
juvenile
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§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a communist-Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of a communist utopia is flawed.
Amazon.com description: Product 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.
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.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Orchard Books (September 1, 2004)
9780439373074 | details & prices | 208 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.85 lbs | List price $15.95
About: In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a communist-Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of a communist utopia is flawed.
About: In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a communist-Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of a communist utopia is flawed.
Paperback
With William Durbin |
from Univ of Minnesota Pr (February 11, 2011)
9780816675685 | details & prices | 232 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $11.95
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