Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene YelchinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This excellent book is a great example of historical fiction and it is carefully written to bring children to the understanding of the seriousness and awfulness of the times, without being too graphic. Kids who aren't quite ready to contemplate the probable outcomes of all the arrests can readily believe that the arrested people are imprisoned. Others will understand the more likely subsequent events.
This might make an excellent read aloud, with students discussing how confusion, fear, and doubt are used by the people in authority to keep the citizens in line. The ethics of lying and/or telling the truth would also make a good discussion.
Very worthwhile.
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