The Blackbird Girls
Book description
On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work - Chernobyl - has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound…
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I’ve read many nonfiction pieces about the Chernobyl nuclear power explosion, but nothing comes close to the emotional impact of watching these two fictional fifth-graders live through the devastation and evacuation that ensued.
I cried and then cheered as these girls, who were initially separated by religious discrimination, built a friendship in the face of mutual tragedy.
I love a story that is both uplifting and heartbreaking, and this book is a shining example.
From Shirley's list on MG/YA fiction books based on true events.
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