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A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds.
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2019.
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English
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A gripping and deftly plotted narrative of family and belonging, Lights All Night Long is a dazzling debut novel from an acclaimed young writer
"A luminous debut. . . . It's hard not to read the book in a single sitting."—The Los Angeles Times
"Lights All Night Long is utterly brilliant and completely captivating. . . . One of the most propulsive, un-put-downable literary novels I've read in ages."—Anthony...
"A luminous debut. . . . It's hard not to read the book in a single sitting."—The Los Angeles Times
"Lights All Night Long is utterly brilliant and completely captivating. . . . One of the most propulsive, un-put-downable literary novels I've read in ages."—Anthony...
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In 2006, Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she?s recruited by Russia?s largest intelligence agency. By 2018, she?s in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America?s most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life...
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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 360L
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244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Believing Russian summer camp will be the place she finally fits in, Vera jumps at the chance to sign up, but very quickly discovers that camp is nothing like she imagined.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Brought over from Russia to help NASA prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth, seventeen-year-old physics genius Yuri feels awkward and alone until he meets free-spirited Dovie.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2018.
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vi, 246 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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""In the 1920s, Zoya Andropova, a young refugee from the Soviet Union, finds herself in ... elite all-girls New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home, and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by the malice [of] her peers ... When she meets the visiting writer and fellow Russian ?migr? Leo Orlov--whose books Zoya has privately obsessed over for years--her luck seems to have taken a turn for...
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