HarperCollins, 2018-12-06
Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
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SKU:9780064405775
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Through sparse, vivid prose, this memoir reveals a young girl’s resilience as her family endures exile in Siberia. With dignity and quiet strength, Esther discovers meaning, identity, and hope amidst scarcity, offering readers a poignant lens into history, perseverance, and the endurance of the human spirit.
Book Details
Book Details
Readability • 6.4
Age Range • 8-0
Pages • 256
Subjects • Authors • American • Biography • History • Hope • Poles • Social life and customs • 20th century • Biographies • Russia (Federation) • Siberia • Siberia (Russia) • Hautzig • Esther Rudomin • Childhood and youth
Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Holocaust • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism • Juvenile Nonfiction | Lifestyles | Farm & Ranch Life
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
This is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post).
In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are accused of being capitalists, "enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia.
For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields, working in the mines, and struggling to stay alive. But in the middle of hardship and oppression, the strength of their small family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.
The first winner of the Sydney Taylor Awards was Esther Hautzig's The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia, and 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of this powerful classic.
