I Want to Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin’s Russia

By Nina Lugovskaya

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I Want to Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin’s Russia

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Mild Language

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Like a lot of teenage girls, Nina kept a diary. Mostly, Nina wrote about typical teenage issues-her looks, romance, school. But amid these standard entries, Nina expressed her hatred of Stalin's regime: "Those bloody Bolsheviks, how I hate them! All hypocrites, liars, and scoundrels. . . ." It was these "counterrevolutionary" passages that got Nina (and the rest of her family) arrested and exiled to a Siberian gulag. Includes letters from Nina's father, photographs, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading.

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AR Level 6.9 AR Points 16.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 947.0842092 Title alpha I Want to Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin’s Russia Level Advanced Readers Plus Pages Count 304 Summary In some respects, Nina is a typical teenager, concerned with her looks, boys, and goings-on at school, and wondering about her future education and work. In other ways she is very atypical. Her father has already been arrested and exiled once for political activities. Knowing how dangerous it is to keep a diary, Nina does so anyway. The entries run from 1932, when Nina was thirteen, to 1937, when Nina was arrested and her diary seized by Stalin’s police. Topics School. Boys. Love. Writing. Murders. The NKVD (secret police). Searches. Josef Stalin (1879-1953). Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-1932). Parties. Arrests. Literature. Cruelty. Residence permits. Parents. Holidays. Demonstrations. Having crossed eyes. Political discussions. Having a diary read. The country. Boredom. Sisters. Arguments. Class distinctions. Hunger. The position of women in society. Culture. Feeling ugly. Exams. Mavrikii Slepnev, Hero of the Soviet Union. Life in the village. Attempted suicide. Love triangles. Theater. Political repression. Interrogations. Cutting classes. Drinking. School applications. Visiting prison inmates. Growing up. Letters. Parental advice. SRC Level 7.600000 SRC Points 22.000000 Lexile 1000L Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" Language English JLG Release Date Sep 2007 Minimum grade 6 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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