Nevertell

By Katharine Orton

A girl escapes a prison camp, pursued by a witch and shadow wolves in a magical wilderness.

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336 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Lina escapes a Soviet labor camp, venturing into Siberia with her friend Bogdan. Their goal: reach Moscow and find Lina's grandmother. But a vengeful witch, drawn to Lina's hidden power, hunts them with shadow wolves. As they navigate dark forests and haunted tundras, Lina must summon courage and magic to survive and rescue her mother. Will they evade capture and bring hope to their bleak world?

From the publisher

After escaping a Soviet prison camp, Lina is pursued by a powerful witch and her shadow wolves in a riveting debut that imbues frozen wilderness with fairy-tale magic. All that twelve-year-old Lina knows of the world is the Stalinist labor camp where she was born, a place of hunger, cruelty, and deprivation. After a daring escape into the frigid Siberian wilds with her best friend, Bogdan, Lina vows to reach Moscow and find her long-lost grandmother, whom she hopes will help her return to the camp to rescue her mother. But out in the dark forests and haunted tundras, Lina and Bogdan catch the eye of a vengeful witch, a refugee of oppressive new laws about magic, who commands an army of shadow wolves. She seems drawn to some mysterious power within Lina herself. Pursued by the witch and in fear of recapture, Lina will need every ounce of courage she has – and a whisper of her own magic – if she and Bogdan are to survive the journey and bring hope to a dark place. An enthralling debut that weaves Russian fairy tales through fast-paced adventure.

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