cover image Hostage to War

Hostage to War

Tatjana Wassiljewa, Tat'iana Vasil'eva. Scholastic, $5.99 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-590-29886-5

In 1941, at age 13, the author was taken from her small town near Leningrad and sent to Germany for three years of forced labor. PW said that while ""the writing itself suffers from being squeezed into an artificial diary format... the story relayed here is intrinsically compelling."" Ages 8-12. (Sept.)