The Blackbird Girls
The Blackbird Girls NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERA SYDNEY TAYLOR MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOKLike Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that…
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The Blackbird Girls
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERA SYDNEY TAYLOR MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOKLike Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history.On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded.
Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Valentina must keep her grandmother's secret, one that could put all their lives in danger.
And both of them discover something they've