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The turning by Gloria Whelan · Booklabria

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First published: 2006
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.

Subjects: History
Children's fiction
Conduct of life
Soviet Union
Dance
Ballet dancing
Set in: Soviet Union
Saint Petersburg
Time: 20th Century; Attempted coup, 1991

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