My Own Revolution

by Carolyn Marsden

Book Overview

In 1960s Czechoslovakia, Patrik participates in and rebels against the communist regime, knowing that anyone could become an enemy in the blink of an eye.

Fourteen-year-old Patrik rebels against the communist regime in small ways whenever he gets the chance: spray-painting slogans, listening to contraband Beatles records, even urinating on a statue of Lenin under cover of night. But anti-Party sentiment is risky, and when party interference...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763653950
• ISBN13: 9780763653958
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher