The Road of Bones

Description:

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible ... ?

subjects: Prisoners of war,  Communism,  Families,  Family,  Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Fiction,  Labor camps,  History,  Children's fiction,  Soviet union, fiction,  Freedom of expression,  Communism, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Soviet union, history, fiction

Places: Soviet Union,  Siberia (Russia)

Times: 20th century,  1925-1953