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The night journey

A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lasky, Kathryn
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1986.
Subjects:	Jews > Soviet Union > Fiction. Russia > History > Nicholas II, 1894-1917 > Fiction.
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Summary:	A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.
Physical Description:	[150] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:	0140320482 9780140320480 0142403229 9780142403228
Author Notes:	Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography)