In 1917, with the Ukraine involved in a three way struggle between the Bolshevik Red Army, the anti-Bolshevik White Army, and the Ukrainian independence fighters, and with Jews facing pogrom, Manya and her family flee for their lives to start a new life in the United States.
year: 1995
call number/section: 921
subjects: abramson, manya polevoi, juvenile literature, jews, ukraine, juvenile literature, persecutions, biography, ukraine, juvenile literature, history, revolution, 1917-, biography