Shadow of a Hero

By Dickinson, Peter

Publishers Summary:
In 1989, Letta, an English teenager, learns of her heritage from her grandfather, great-grandson of the legendary hero of Varina, as he becomes involved in the nationalistic political struggles in Eastern Europe.

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ISBN
978-0-38532-110-5
Publisher
New York : Delacorte Press, c1994.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 1994

Gr 8-Up The complexities of the independence struggles in Eastern Europe are brought to light in this novel about a fictional province in Romania. Dickinson focuses his story on the dreams of an old man and the political awakening of a young girl. Restaur Vax is the 81-year-old former prime minister of the tiny former-Soviet satellite. Living in exile in England with his daughter's family, he shares in plans to focus world attention on the plight of his people, caught in the post-communi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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