Torch

by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728415683
• ISBN13: 9781728415680
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary