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283 p. : map New Zealand author Summary: Adam is 13 years old and lives with his family on a small farm in rural Poland. It is 1939 and the war has just broken out. Russians invade Poland and confiscate Adam's family's house and farm. They are sent to live with another family nearby, but are then moved on and put on a train for a Russian labour camp as refugees, prisoners of Russia. (Publisher)

AWARDS:
Winner of LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Librarian's Choice Award 2014. -- Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Junior Fiction 2014. -- Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction 2014.