The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia Contributor(s): Fleming, Candace (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375867821 ISBN-13: 9780375867828 Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Europe - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2013037904 |
Age Level: 12-17 |
Grade Level: 7-12 |
Lexile Measure: 950(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" L (1.25 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2015 Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2016 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Fourteen and Up, 2015 Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Nominee, Ages 12 & Up, 2016 Golden Kite, Winner, Nonfiction, 2015 Orbis Pictus Award, Winner, Children's Nonfiction, 2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Winner, Nonfiction, 2015 L.A. Times Book Prize, Winner, Young Adult Literature, 2014 Cybils, Winner, Nonfiction-Young Adult, 2014 |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/28/2014 Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2014 School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 144 Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 79 Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2014 pg. 115 Shelf Awareness 07/15/2014 Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2014 pg. 22 - Book Of Special Distinction PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 46 PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 109 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 27 Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2014 pg. 60 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2015 pg. 15 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 167384 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: " A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918." --The Wall Street Journal Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs--at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family's extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire. --Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Fire For readers who regard history as dull, Fleming's extraordinary book is proof positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly fascinating, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience. --Booklist, Starred Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligman's Charles and Emma with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkin's Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect. --The Horn Book, Starred Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction |
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