Angel on the Square, Gloria Whelan
Angel on the Square, Gloria Whelan
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Angel on the Square

Author: Gloria Whelan

Narrator: Julie Dretzin

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2013

Synopsis

National Book Award winner Gloria Whelan brilliantly recreates the final days of tsarist Russia. For young Katya Ivanova, playmate to the Grand Duchesses of Russia, St.Petersburg in 1914 is a magical place. But outside the palace, changes are sweeping through the country, threatening everything and everyone Katya loves.

About Gloria Whelan

Gloria Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award; Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect; Angel on the Square; Burying the Sun; Once on This Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Return to the Island. She lives in the woods of northern Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luisa

This was everything I was hoping for in an Anastasia Romanov story! It's a well told tale with heart, tenderness, hardships and sorrow. And it's nicely balanced too. The politics of the era were not one-sided. Whelan showcases the pros and cons of both the aristocracy and the people of the revolutio......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Continuing my journey to study Russian history, I found this book on one of my shelves and spent a pleasant rainy day reading this well written historical novel. Combining fact with fiction, Angel on the Square is wonderful for many reasons, primarily because it does just what historical fiction shou......more

Goodreads review by Ina

Angel on the Square is one of my absolute favorite books. It's an easy read, seemingly not much depth, and not really a tearjerker or focused on hot guys or the destruction of the world...but rather it's a middle grade book set in one of my favorite time periods, the Russian Revolution and the even......more

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