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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2016 | Best Books 2016
Gr 8 Up—In East Prussia at the end of World War II, a group of refugees are desperately making their way toward the one chance they have at survival: passage aboar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2016
The stories of four young adults -- each haunted by a secret -- converge in this heartbreaking illumination of a little-known WWII tragedy. As Russian soldiers push Nazi forces back to the Baltic Sea, thousands of refugees from the occupied Eastern European countries -- including Prussian defector Florian; Emilia, fifteen and pregnant, from Poland; and Joana, a young Lithuanian woman valued for her medical skills -- flee toward the slim hope of evacuation by sea. The narrative gains momentum as the travelers near their destination: the port of Got...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2016
The stories of four young adults converge in this illumination of a little-known WWII tragedy. As Russian soldiers push Nazi forces back, E...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
