Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Puffin (1996), Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages
Description
In mid-nineteenth century Russia, Mendel Cholinsky, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy tries to escape to America to avoid being taken into the Czar's army for twenty-five years of military service.
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1997)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 1997)
CCBC Choices (1994)
Language
ISBN
0140379975 / 9780140379976