Katia Raina

This book takes place in the early 1990s when life in Russia was changing dramatically. Fifteen year old Sonya has lived with her grandmother in Siberia most of her life because her mother was a dissident and it was not safe for her to live with her mother. As the novel begins, Sonya has just arrived in Moscow to live with her mother and her new step-father. They are Jewish in a country where Jews are discriminated against.

The book is all about change in a 15 year olds life. She is living in a new place with a mother that she barely knows and a new step-father. She is going to a new school where it's tough to be the new kid. She falls in love with the wrong boy and has to keep her Jewish heritage a secret from him. The country she lives in is also going through huge changes that affect everyone's lives. AND we see all of these changes through the eyes of a 15 year old who has to decide who she wants to be.

Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.… (mehr)