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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
2) The last lie
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the rebels are captured Letta goes on the run, still striving to preserve language while the vicious new ruler of Ark plans to eliminate it once and for all.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent to live with her stern aunt, a devoted member of the ruling Communist Party. Visits with her beloved Uncle Erich, a best-selling author, are her only respite. But one night, her uncle disappears without a trace....
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
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Description
Escrita entre 1920 y 1933 y publicada en 1946, "El senor presidente" es uno de los maximos exponentes de la llamada «novela del dictador» en la que se encuadran otras obras fundamentales como Tirano Banderas, de Valle-Inclan; Yo el Supremo, de Roa Bastos; El otono del patriarca, de Garcia Marquez, o, mas recientemente, La Fiesta del Chivo y Tiempos recios, de Mario Vargas Llosa. En ella, Asturias se inspira en el ultimo gobierno de Manuel Estrada...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
What makes a country fall to a dictator? How do authoritarian leaders—strongmen—capable of killing millions acquire their power? How are they able to defeat the ideal of democracy? And what can we do to make sure it doesn’t happen again? By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history—Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein—Kenneth C. Davis seeks to answer these questions, examining...
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