01770cam a2200373 i 4500 502880418 TxAuBib 20210527120000.0 181205s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781338275476 hardcover 133827547X hardcover TxAuBib rda Nielsen, Jennifer A. Words on fire / Jennifer A. Nielsen. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2019. 322 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "New York Times bestselling author."--Dust jacket. In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who to trust, but risking her life and freedom for her country. 20210527. Books and reading Juvenile fiction. Books and reading Fiction. Government, Resistance to Juvenile fiction. Government, Resistance to Fiction. Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Adventure stories. Smuggling Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Action and adventure fiction.