Yelchin, E. (2011). Breaking Stalin's nose. New York, NY: Henry Holt. NewberryThis book gives American children a unique perspective of how other children lived in Stalin-ruled Soviet Russia. Sasha Zaichik is excited to be a Young Pioneer which is the first step in becoming a great Communist. Sas...
After hearing Yelchin lecture at an Esri Forum series, I read this Newbery Honor book, the moving story of Sasha Zaichik, a ten-year-old Muscovite preparing for his induction into the Soviet Young Pioneers during the years of Joseph Stalin's terrorizing dictatorship. On the day of Sasha's inducti...