Breaking Stalin's nose
About this book
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.
Subjects
- award:newbery_award
- children's fiction
- communism
- communism, fiction
- fathers and sons
- fathers and sons, fiction
- father-son relationship
- fiction
- history
- juvenile fiction
- newbery honor
- political persecution
- soviet union, history, fiction