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Uprooted from a nineteenth century mining town in Colorado by a shocking family tragedy, young Jozef Vinich returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd's life in rural Austria-Hungary. When war comes, Jozef is sent as a sharpshooter to the southern front, where he must survive the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Zlee: Jozef's cousin, boon companion, and older step-brother, his real name Marian. "Zlee", a nickname given by Jozef's other step-brothers, means 'bad'.
- Tibor: Jozef's bullying step-brother, brother to Miro.
- Marian: Josef's adopted brother who is commonly known as Zlee.
- Jozef: The protagonist, an American boy, forced by circumstances to relocate with his father to pre-WWI Slovakia (then part of the Austrian division of Austria-Hungary).
- Sawatch: Jozef's dog, named for a Colorado mountain range.
- Miro: Jozef's bullying step-brother, brother to Tibor.
- Holub: Joseph's commanding officer, a Lieutenant in the Austrian Army.
- Ondrej Vinich: Jozef's father.
- Lizzie Vinich: Jozef's mother.
- Tobias Hudak: The Hudak's youngest son.
First Sentence edit
She rises before sunup without waking her husband or the child still asleep in the Moses basket at their bedside and walks through the dark of the small shack into the kitchen.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Andrew Krivak (Author)
Awards edit
- National Book Award (Finalist, 2011: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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