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      The Darkest Evening

      by William Durbin
      Published
      Jan 2011
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      Historical Historical
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      248
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      In the 1930s, some 6,000 Finnish Americans traveled to Karelia, a province in Northwestern Russia, hoping to leave the Depression behind and to establish a workers' paradise. Based on these true events, The Darkest Evening chronicles the story of Jake Maki, whose father, caught up in the socialist fervor washing over their Finnish mining community in Minnesota, moves their family to the Soviet Union.

      Instead of finding the utopia they were promised, Jake and his family encounter only disappointment and hardship. When Stalin's secret police begin targeting Americans for arrest, his worst fears are confirmed, and Jake leads his family on a daring midwinter escape attempt on cross-country skis, fleeing toward the Finnish border.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Feb 2011 Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816675686
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      Jan 2001 University of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816677158
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      Feb 2011 Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN B005OH7IPE
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      Nov 2013 Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN B00IK7WQ3O
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      Dec 2013 University of Minnesota Press ISBN 1452931313
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