Lots of books have changed the way I see things, but two (because who can really pick just one) are Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle and Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur. Siberia sounded so awful, and so far away, I’d never be able to find them, nor would they ever escape, if they even could survive such an awful place. I had to force myself to swallow that thought down, and it landed in a deep pit in my stomach. Even if you escape the prison, you’ll soon realize the place itself is a prison. It’s cold on a good day and below living temperatures all other days. He said, “Siberia is on the far eastern side of Russia. “And if they’re not?”īut Lukas didn’t seem to notice Milda’s warning expression.
Prison? That was if they were lucky? A lump formed in my throat. If they’re lucky, then they’ll be sentenced to a prison here in Lithuania.” Even the question sent shudders through me. “What will happen to my parents now?” I asked. You don’t have to go to the school, but you cannot tell anyone about it either, or about the books you saw.” Now Milda folded her arms and her tone became stern. I’d return to the forest alone before I opened the pages of any book. Nor could I ever learn from something that had nearly gotten me killed. I refused to learn from a school that taught from books that got my parents arrested. You can come to this school, learn about the books.” “If you’d like, you can stay here with me. This is an early conversation Audra has with the recipient of the package, Milta Sabiene. But because it may be the only way she can ever bring her parents home again. Not for the books, or even to save her country…at first. So begins Audra’s entry into her own world of smuggling. But when her parents are arrested for smuggling, Audra is forced on the run with a small package they begged her to deliver in another village. In WORDS ON FIRE, Audra Zikaris would have been happy to remain with her family on their small farm.
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