Four Steps to Death

By Wilson, John Dover

Publishers Summary:
In this novel by John Wilson set during the Battle of Stalingrad, three participants -- two fighters and a boy -- are caught in its horrors. Their story is told over seven days of fierce and deadly street-by-street fighting. Vasily is a patriotic Russian soldier determined to rid his country of the hated Nazi invaders -- if he can stay alive long enough. Conrad is a German tank officer, part of the seemingly unstoppable force sweeping eastward over the steppe, expecting a quick victory over Stalin's ill-trained and badly equipped army. Between them is eight-year-old Sergei, whose home is the maze of rubble that used to be the city of Stalingrad. None of them can know that their fates will be intertwined as the cataclysm engulfs them.

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ISBN
978-1-55337-705-4
Publisher
Kids Can Press, Ltd.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2006

Gr 7-9 In 2004, Constable Sergei Andropov, an elderly Russian investigator, is called to a construction site where workers have discovered two long-buried soldiers from the siege at Stalingrad. As he wonders about their identity, his memories flood back to when he was eight years old, and readers are transported back to 1942. Through the eyes of the boy and various soldiers, the long, harrowing siege is realistically recounted. Conrad is a German tank officer full of youthful optimism. His brother, Jos...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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