| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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age Teenagers lcsh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-265) and index. |
| Contents |
Before you begin -- Russia 1903 -- Beyond the palace gates : peasant turned worker -- Before the storm -- "I dreamed that I was loved" -- Beyond the palace gates : a peasant boyhood -- "What a disappointment!" -- Beyond the palace gates : lullabies for peasant babies -- "A small family circle" -- Beyond the palace gates : another family circle -- Dark clouds gathering -- The year of nightmares -- Lenin, the Duma, and a mystic named Rasputin -- Beyond the palace gates : house no. 13 -- "Pig and filth" and family fun -- Beyond the palace gates : an occupation for workers' daughters -- Gathering clouds -- Three centuries of Romanovs -- Beyond the palace gates : a different kind of education for a different kind of boy -- The storm breaks -- "My God! My God! What madness!" -- In defense of mother Russia -- Beyond the palace gates : Vasily's diary -- The reign of Rasputin -- It all comes tumbling down -- Beyond the palace gates : molecule in a storm -- "Ye tyrants quake, your day is over" -- Beyond the palace gates : "ye tyrants quake, your day is over" -- Final days -- "Survivors of a shipwreck" -- Beyond the palace gates : the "Tsar's surprise party" -- Into Siberia -- Beyond the palace gates : swarming the palace -- The house of special purpose -- Deadly intent -- "The world will never know what has become of them" -- Beyond the palace gates : life under Lenin. |
| Summary |
When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew into the Russian Revolution. Maneuvering between the lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and urban workers -- and their eventual uprising -- Fleming draws a poignant portrait, complete with period photographs and primary source material. |
| Audience |
Ages 12-17. |
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950 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 7.2. |
| Awards |
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book (2015); YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award Finalist (2015) |
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Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award, 2015 |
| Subject |
Romanov, House of -- Juvenile literature.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918. (OCoLC)fst00037563
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Romanov, House of. (OCoLC)fst00214656
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Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921) (OCoLC)fst01907572
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Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917 -- Juvenile literature.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Juvenile literature.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Russia. (OCoLC)fst01207312
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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| Chronological Term |
1894 - 1921
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| Genre/Form |
Young adult literature.
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award: Honor Book -- 2015.
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award: Finalist -- 2015.
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Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2014.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz & Wade Books, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9780375867828 (hardback) |
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0375867821 (hardback) |
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9780375967825 (glb) |
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0375967826 (glb) |
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9780375898648 (ebk) |
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0375898646 (ebk) |
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9780605829022 (permabound) |
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0605829020 (permabound) |
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