“Whatever happens, stay together,” their parents tell them. But Nadia is assigned to train number 76, while Viktor must leave on train number 77.
An epic adventure of separated twins trying to find each other, set in an accurate historical reconstruction of the Leningrad blockade.
The dramatic storytelling creates a sense of immediacy that brings the narrative alive. The emotions jump out at the reader from the pages of the protagonists’ diary.
Winner of the In Other Words BookTrust's Book in Translation Award in London.
GENRE Adventure TARGET 10+ FIRST PUBLISHER Mondadori (Italy), 2017 FOREIGN RIGHTS SOLD Germany (Thienemann), France (L’École Des Loisirs), UK (Pushkin), USA (Penguin Random House), Russia (Peshkombooks), Netherlands and Belgium (Baeckens Books), Galicia (Rinoceronte Ediciones), Denmark (Jensen&Dalgaard)
