Breaking Stalin's Nose
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A Newbery Honor Book. Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism.A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience.A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings.But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate’s glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. Eugene Yelchin’s moving story of a ten-year-old boy’s world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility. Breaking Stalin’s Nose is one of Horn Book’s Best Fiction Books of 2011
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Eugene Yelchin is the author and illustrator of Spring Hare, TheHaunting of Falcon House, Arcady’s Goal, and the Newbery Honor book Breaking Stalin’s Nose. He has also illustrated several books for children, including Crybaby, Who Ate All the CookieDough?, and Won Ton. He lives in California with his wife and children.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781250034106
- Publication Date
- October 15, 2013
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Page Count
- 176
- Words Per Page
- 86
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 9 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 670L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 2
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 146486
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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