The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

by Esther Hautzig (Author)

The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
The bestselling classic of World War II--now in a digest edition. "Taken prisoner by the Russians in 1941 and shipped by cattle car to a forced labor camp, Esther (Hautzig), her mother, and her grandmother managed to stay together and to keep each other alive through near starvation and arctic winters".--ALA Booklist.
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Publishers Weekly

Ten-year-old Esther Rudomin movingly describes "the end of my lovely world" when her family is arrested in 1941 and taken from their home and exiled to Siberia. Ages 10-up. (June)

Review quotes

"Radiates optimism "and the resilience of human spirit. A magnificent book."—" The Washington Post"Rare, affecting . . . the book will take its place with Anne Frank's "Diary Of A Young Girl"—" The Horn Book
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780064405775
Lexile Measure
880
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
June 12, 2018
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF025090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Holocaust
Library of Congress categories
History
Childhood and youth
20th century
Authors, American
Social life and customs
Russia (Federation)
Biography
Siberia (Russia)
Hautzig, Esther Rudomin
Poles
Siberia
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Winner 1968 - 1968

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