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Anastasia and Her Sisters Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Meyer, Carolyn (Author)
ISBN: 1481403273     ISBN-13: 9781481403276
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
OUR PRICE:   $11.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014003498
Lexile Measure: 970
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Russia
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 173539
Reading Level: 6.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
There's a heavy price to pay for royalty in this compelling--and true--story of Anastasia Romanov and her fellow grand duchesses of Russia, from an award-winning novelist.

It's summer in 1914 and the Romanovs are aboard the Standart, the Russian royal yacht. Tsar Nicholas, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their four daughters, and the youngest child, Tsarevitch Alexei, are sailing to Romania to meet Crown Prince Carol and his parents. It seems like a fairy tale existence for the four grand duchesses, dressed in beautiful clothes, traveling from palace to palace. But it's not.

Life inside the palace is far from a fairy tale. The girls' younger brother suffers from an excruciatingly painful and deadly blood disease, and their parents have chosen to shield the Russian people from the severity of the future tsar's condition. The secrets and strain are hard on the family, and conditions are equally dire beyond the palace walls. Peasants suffer under the burden of extreme poverty and Tsar Nicholas's leadership power weakens. And when the unthinkable happens--Germany declares war on Russia--nothing in Anastasia's world will ever be the same.


Contributor Bio(s): Meyer, Carolyn: - Carolyn Meyer is the acclaimed author of more than fifty books for young people. Her many award-winning novels include Mary, Bloody Mary--an ABA's Pick of the Lists, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults--and Marie, Dancing, a Book Sense Pick. She is also the author of Cleopatra Confesses and Victoria Rebels. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and you can visit her at ReadCarolyn.com.