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The Voices of Silence
Hardback
Main Details
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The Voices of Silence
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Bel Mooney
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780416191035
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Egmont Childrens Books
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| Imprint |
Methuen young books
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| Publication Date |
12 September 1994 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Set during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, this is the story of a 13-year-old girl catapulted into history. Everything she has taken for granted, her parents and her best friend Alys are suddenly distanced from her. Now she has to find her way on her own. And she alone can save her father's life.
ReviewsKirkus Review US:Life is hard for Flora Popescu and her parents, living in Bucharest during Nicholae Ceau??escu's cruel regime. Food is scarce, water and electricity are erratic, and the family's one-room apartment is cramped and cheerless. A new student, Daniel, well-dressed and shod, appears at school and has lunches of which Flora can only dream: meat, cake, soft bread, and chocolate. From the first, Daniel befriends Flora and shares his food, but her best friend, Alys, doesn't trust Daniel, and she and Flora become estranged. Tensions mount in the Popescu household, and in the city; Flora's father decides to flee the country and return later for his family. After he departs, the people begin to rise against Ceau??escu, and fighting breaks out in the city. Many are killed, but Flora, with the help of Alys and other rebels, escapes, without knowing the fate of her father, or what role Daniel may have played in the uprising. Mooney paints a chilling picture of life under the repressive Eastern European governments of the late 1980s. Her sensitive and empathetic tale will keep readers in suspense until the final page. (Kirkus Reviews)
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