The Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia
The Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia
Hautzig, Esther
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HarperCollins
Annotation: A true story of courage about a family exiled to Siberia.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #89571
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 1968
Edition Date: 1987 Release Date: 06/12/18
Pages: 243 p.
ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-440577-X Perma-Bound: 0-8479-4177-9
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-440577-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8479-4177-3
Dewey: 921
LCCN: 88140882
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Subject Heading:
Poles. Russia (Federation). Siberia. History. Juvenile litearature.
Authors, American. 20th century. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Authors, American.
Language: English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

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)

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Word Count: 61,776
Reading Level: 6.3
Interest Level: 7-12
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 6.3 / points: 10.0 / quiz: 361 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:6.8 / points:16.0 / quiz:Q03604
Lexile: 880L
Guided Reading Level: Y
Fountas & Pinnell: Y

This is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post).

In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are accused of being capitalists, “enemies of the people.” Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia.

For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields, working in the mines, and struggling to stay alive. But in the middle of hardship and oppression, the strength of their small family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.

The first winner of the Sydney Taylor Awards was Esther Hautzig's The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia, and 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of this powerful classic.

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