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Behind the Border

By: Nina Kossman
Narrated by: Sasha Sonder
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A collection of moving, often funny vignettes about a childhood spent in the Soviet Union poignantly captures what life could be like behind the old Iron Curtain.

©1994 Nina Kossman (P)2026 Nina Kossman
Biographies & Memoirs Cultural & Regional Funny

Critic reviews

* From Booklist *

"Kossman's vivid picture of life behind the Iron Curtain and her notes at the end of the book will be useful discussion starters for classes studying political changes in Eastern Europe."

*From Publishers Weekly*

"13 short pieces...pungently convey the effects of growing up under a totalitarian regime."

*From Kirkus Reviews*

"Young readers will identify readily with the impetuous Nina."

*From School Library Journal*

"With poignant innocence, Kossman writes of her childhood experiences in Russia.... This unique book will serve to promote discussions of freedom.”

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