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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
"Few people are aware that in the aftermath of German and Soviet invasions and division of Poland, more than 1.5 million people were deported from their homes in Eastern Poland to remote parts of Russia. Half of them died in labor camps and prisons or simply vanished, some were drafted into the Russian army, and a small number returned to Poland after the war. Those who made it out of Russia alive were lucky--and nine-year-old Krystyna Mihulka was among them. In this childhood memoir, Mihulka tells of her family's deportation, under cover of darkness and at gunpoint, and their life as prisoners on a Soviet communal farm in Kazakhstan, where they endured starvation and illness and witnessed death for more than two years. This untold history is revealed through the eyes of a young girl struggling to survive and to understand the increasingly harsh world in which she finds herself"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 10 to 13. |
| Contents |
Map: Krysia's Journey (1940-1942) -- A Polish Pronunciation and Vocabulary Guide -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- Part One: The End of Life As We Knew It -- Hints of Impending War -- The Last Autumn of Peace -- Strangers in the Sky -- Life Under Russian Occupation -- Shadows in the Night -- Part Two: Journey into Captivity -- Traveling by Cattle Car -- Traveling by Ox Cart -- Part Three: Life in Captivity -- Settling In -- Strange Happenings at Night -- Enduring the Winter -- Spring and Summer Surprises -- Part Four: Flight to Freedom -- Reunion and Departure -- A Seemingly Endless Wait -- The Trans-Siberian Train Journey -- Tragedy Strikes Home -- Setting Sail for Freedom -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- A Guide to Geographical Names. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 5 190470. |
| Note |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Mihulka, Krystyna, 1930- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
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Mihulka, Krystyna, 1930- -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish -- Juvenile literature.
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Girls -- Poland -- Lwów -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Lʹviv (Ukraine) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Deportations from Poland -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Soviet -- Juvenile literature.
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Collective farms -- Kazakhstan -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Forced labor -- Kazakhstan -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Juvenile literature.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Women.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Historical.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- Europe.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Poland.
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Lʹviv (Ukraine) -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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Collective farms. (OCoLC)fst00867364
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Deportation. (OCoLC)fst00890840
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Forced labor. (OCoLC)fst00931594
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Girls. (OCoLC)fst00942866
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Kazakhstan. (OCoLC)fst01260664
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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Ukraine -- Lʹviv.
(OCoLC)fst01209408
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Personal narratives -- Polish.
(OCoLC)fst01424158
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| Added Author |
Goddu, Krystyna Poray, co-author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mihulka, Krystyna, 1930- Krysia. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2017 9781613734414 (DLC) 2016016685 |
| ISBN |
9781613734421 (electronic book) |
