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Daughters of a Dead Empire
Overview
"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch." --Buzzfeed
From debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution. Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war--the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible--not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war. Anna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now--regardless of her loyalties--Evgenia is too. Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story. A Junior Library Guild SelectionCustomers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781250853554
- ISBN-10: 1250853559
- Publisher: Square Fish
- Publish Date: February 2023
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 336
- Reading Level: Ages 13-17
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