The Road of Bones

by Anne Fine

Book Overview

In school, Yuri is taught that the revolution liberated his country. He learns how the new leaders are always working for the greater good. But the truth is that life for his family and those around him is a brutal, poverty-stricken struggle. The government does nothing except punish those who protest. And one day, to his shock and horror, Yuri himself is branded an "enemy of the state" simply for dropping a few careless words. In an author's note,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374363161
• ISBN13: 9780374363161
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12