[LIT] Novel Question

[TLP]

Ginny Thanks I have picked up the film and will order
the book. I hope to use it in Lit circles. 

--- Ginny White <ginnywhitefl at earthlink.net> wrote:

> While this isn't post-communist, it is post WWII
> (early 1950's).  I 
> love I AM DAVID (formerly titled North to Freedom -
> author (I think) 
> Ellen Holm).  It's also a movie by Walden which I
> think is beautifully 
> done.  Lots of visuals of the countryside, lots of
> facial expressions.  
> You can get info at walden.com including some great
> lesson plans for 
> comparing movie and book and a good map.  It's set
> in post-WWII Soviet 
> camp in Bulgaria where David grows up.  He escapes
> with the help of 
> camp official (you'll find out why) and begins his
> trek to Denmark 
> where he's been told to go.  It's a great book to
> discuss what freedom 
> is as it is revealed thru the eyes of someone who
> has never known it.  
> A broader than usual definition of freedom - the
> ability to smile, who 
> to trust, the capacity for appreciating beauty, etc.
> 
> Ginny White
> Fernandina Beach Middle (FL)
> 
> On Oct 6, 2006, at 6:45 AM, TLP wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a novel that is set
> post-communist
> > Russia and/or Eastern Europe?
> >
> > Tena
> >
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