Description: Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets himself on fire in public, hoping to motivate others to fight for change. Instead, Pavol's death launches a government investigation into three of his closest friends. Stepan finds his Olympic hockey ambitions jeopardized and must conceal his sexual orientation from authorities who could use it against him. Tomas has already been accused of "antisocial" behavior because he struggles to follow the unwritten rules of everyday interactions, and now he must work even harder to meet the expectations of his father, the regional leader of the communist party. And aspiring film director Lida, Pavol's girlfriend, is pregnant with his child, which brands her a traitor by association and upends all her plans. With their futures hanging in the balance, all three must decide whether to keep struggling to survive in the country Pavol died hoping to save . . . or risk a perilous escape to the other side.
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EAN: 9781728415680
UPC: 9781728415680
ISBN: 9781728415680
MPN: N/A
Format: Hardback, 328 pages
Author: Miller-Lachmann, Lyn
Book Title: Torch by Miller-Lachmann, Lyn
Item Height: 3.1 cm
Item Length: 21.1 cm
Item Weight: 0.48 kg
Item Width: 14.2 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
