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Torch / Lyn Miller-Lachmann.

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956- (author.).

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book "Czechoslovakia, 1969. Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets himself on fire in public, hoping to motivate others to fight for change. Instead, Pavol's death launches a government investigation into three of his closest friends. Štěpán finds his Olympic hockey ambitions jeopardized and must conceal his sexual orientation from authorities who could use it against him. Tomáš has already been accused of "antisocial" behavior because he struggles to follow the unwritten rules of everyday interactions, and now he must work even harder to meet the expectations of his father, the regional leader of the communist party. And aspiring film director Lída, Pavol's girlfriend, is pregnant with his child, which brands her a traitor by association and upends all her plans. With their futures hanging in the balance, all three must decide whether to keep struggling to survive in the country Pavol died hoping to save... or risk a perilous escape to the other side." -- book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781728415680
  • ISBN: 1728415683
  • Physical Description: 318 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"NOTE TO READERS This book contains references to suicide. If you are thinking about suicide or worried about a loved one, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or at 1-800-273-8255, or text HELLO to 741741. Both services provide 24/7 free and confidential support and resources." -- page opposite colophon
Includes questions for discussion, author's note, and historical note.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 7-9. Carolrhoda Lab.
Ages 13-18. Carolrhoda Lab.
HL760L Lexile
Awards Note:
2023 Notable Books for a Global Society
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Booklist Editors' Choice -- Books for Youth -- 2022
CCBC Choices -- 2023
Kirkus -- Best Books for Young Adults of 2022, Best of 2022: Our Favorite Teen & YA Books
Los Angeles Times -- Book Prize for Young Adult Literature -- 2023 -- Winner

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Subject:
Communism > Soviet Union > Fiction.
Suicide > Fiction.
Martyrs > Fiction.
Defectors > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Best friends > Fiction.
Liberty > Fiction.
Protest movements > Fiction.
Gay people > Fiction.
Autism spectrum disorders > Fiction.
LGBTQ+.
Homosexuals.
Gay fiction.
Czechoslovakia > History > 1968-1989 > Fiction.
Genre:
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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