Breaking Stalin's Nose

“[An] affecting novel . . . This Newbery Honor book offers timeless lessons about dictatorship, disillusionment and personal choice.” ― San Francisco Chronicle One of The Horn Book ’s Best Fiction Books of the Year Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: A Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize