Fifteen-year-old Ben can't make sense of his mixed-up life. Then his elderly aunt arrives for a visit and the tales she shares of her past in Stalinist Russia light the way for his future.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

There are 216 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Kids Can Press .

Gayle Friesen's previous novels Janey's Girl and Men of Stone have both garnered critical praise. She lives in Delta, British Columbia.