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  • Breaking Stalin's Nose

  • Written by: Eugene Yelchin
  • Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
  • Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Breaking Stalin's Nose

Written by: Eugene Yelchin
Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
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Celebrated artist and author Eugene Yelchin drew on his own experience growing up in Soviet Russia to pen this Newbery Honor Book. Breaking Stalin’s Nose follows 10-year-old Sasha Zaichik, who wants nothing more than to be a Young Pioneer in Stalin’s Communist Party. But when his father, a member of the State Security police, is arrested the night before the Young Pioneer ceremony, Sasha is left to re-evaluate everything he’s been taught about Stalin and what it truly means to be a good comrade.
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"[G]ets at the heart of a society that asks its citizens, even its children, to report on relatives and friends." ( Horn Book)

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  • 2020-04-02

expected more

This story leaves you feeling like there should be more to it at the end. I think people should listen to it so they understand communism and how people are brainwashed to think life under communism is good. It's from the viewpoint of a little boy, so no details really about how bad it is, but shows what the day-to-day living is like under Communist rule.

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