The Turning
A Russia, Middle Grade, Cultural book. While I am reading this, I don't ever think it...
In the spring of 1991, a Russian ballerina dreams of leaving Leningrad -- forever. A member of the Kirov Ballet Corps, Tatiana hopes to be chosen for the troupe's Paris tour. Once there, she will try to escape the watchful eye of KGB agents, defect to France, and leave the complicated politics of the Soviet Union behind. But like ballet, leaving is harder than it looks. Tatiana becomes entangled in her country's struggle for democracy, and her dream of a...
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780060755935 / 60755938
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Too much discussion regarding politics for an elementary schooler...however, as an adult, interesting to learn about Russia in the early 1990's While I am reading this, I don't ever think it was written by someone other than Tatiana. This is really well written, and I reccomend it to any dancer ages 10 and up. Skipping a generation in the book series, Tanya is the granddaughter of Georgi. She's a prima ballerina in one of Russia's best ballet troupes, and dancing is, quite literally, her life. Leningrad is still Leningrad, and although Russia is starting to slowly turn towards democracy, many citizens are convinced that the "Red" Russia will...
