About the Author Barbara Smucker was one of Canada’s best-known and best-loved authors of fiction for children and young adults. Throughout her career, she was profoundly affected by civil rights issues, which informed works such as Days of Terror , White Mist , and Underground to Canada . She won multiple awards for her work, including the Vicky Metcalf Award, the Canada Council Children’s Literature Prize, and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. She passed away in 2003. Read more
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D**Y
A story of reality and hope
I love the drama of the story and the reality of the characters. Each one responded to the tragedy of the times in ways consistent with the personalities protrayed. The details of her research shown in her footnotes adds integrity.
R**R
Needs more detail
Although this book has a good plot outline, it leaves it like that-- just an outline. I found it hard to imagine the setting because of the lack of detail.The characters are not explored at all, and I couldn't relate to any of them. The major characters were uninteresting and lacked detail.This book, while based around a very moving historical event, is one of my least favorite books.
A**Z
A Fantastic insight into the Russian Ukraine before the war
Through the eyes of a young Mennonite boy, Peter, you see life for Mennonites in the Russian Ukrainian villages just before Lenin came to power, and the great immigrations after he started his rule.
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