Call number: YF FIN
Publisher: Doubleday Children's
Year: 2006
Reviewed by Tosca
Only a fool cheers when the new prince rises.
The Czar is gone and people believe it heralds a newer, brighter and equal future for all. But people are still disappearing, and nobody sees anything or hears anything. And nobody ever comes back. One day young Yuri makes a careless statement, and suddenly he and his family are now enemies of the state, helping to build the now infamous Road of Bones. A road that is literally built on the bones of those who dared to speak out.
This story will tear your heart out with its desperate sadness and injustice, and it will also make you question whether or not you will always make the right decision. Even if it's a matter of life and death.
If you enjoyed this novel I'd recommend Once by Morris Gleitzman and The boy in the striped pyjamas: a fable by John Boyne.
Similar books/authors:
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The boy in the striped pyjamas: a fable by John Boyne