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The blackbird girls / by Anne Blankman.

Blankman, Anne, (author.).

Summary:

"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. Valentina must keep her grandmother's secret, one that could put all their lives in danger. And both of them discover something they've wished for: a best friend. But how far would you go to save your best friend's life? Would you risk your own?" -- Amazon.com

Record details

ISBN: 9781984837356
ISBN: 1984837354
ISBN: 9781984837370
Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342).
Target Audience Note:	560L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 12 509231.