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HF in verse: This is based on a lesser known story toward the end of WW2 set in the rural areas of Manchuria, which bordered the Soviet Union. With her mom dead and her dad conscripted to the Japanese army, 12 yo Natsun and her sister Asa are on their own fleeing from Soviet armies. Poignant and heroic.

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2021 Book Log Dump
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Adolescent & YA provided respite from the garbage I consumed. Aru Shah is so funny, totally would recommend. Also, would recommend Under the Broken Sky.
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The rest of the books of note I read are already in my feed.

I have definitely never read anything with this setting during the World Wars so very curious and historical in-verse novels always seem to hit me in the feels

This beautifully told novel in verse tells us of twelve year old Natsu and the quiet farm life of her family in Manchuria near the Soviet Border, but when her parents are recruited into the Japanese Army Natsu and her little sister Cricket are left Orphaned and destitute.

In an act of desperation and in hopes of keeping Cricket Alive Natsu sells her sister to a Soviet Family....