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The Endless Steppe

Growing Up in Siberia

by Esther Hautzig
Alyssa Bresnahan
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Jane Addams Book Award
New York Times Outstanding Book
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
ALA Notable Children's Book
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
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Sydney Taylor Book Award
This is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post).
In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are accused of being capitalists, "enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia.
For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields, working in the mines, and struggling to stay alive. But in the middle of hardship and oppression, the strength of their small family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.
The first winner of the Sydney Taylor Award was Esther Hautzig's The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia.

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  • Release date

    December 10, 1995

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781449874278
      • File size: 224872 KB
      • Duration: 07:48:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 880
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In the 1940's at age 10, the author and her family were exiled to Siberia in a cattle car. Hautzig writes beautifully of the drastic changes in her family's life and made new friends and came to love the Siberian steppe. Narrator Bresnahan masterfully presents young Esther and her friends, as well as her family and even the dreadful soldiers who degrade everyone in their path. Bresnahan portrays the text, whether somber or lighthearted, with skill. She uses just the right measure of sadness and despair and awakens hope as Esther experiences her first crush on a boy. All ages will be moved by this narration, a perfect companion piece to ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL. S.G.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 3, 1995
      Ten-year-old Esther Rudomin movingly describes ``the end of my lovely world'' when her family is arrested in 1941 and taken from their home and exiled to Siberia. Ages 10-up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:880
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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