03128cam a2200505 4500 764892343 TxAuBib 20230420120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781728468228 1728468221 B0B497ZHFH Amazon 88879c1f-1ee7-4085-8acc-c903a6260330 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9063418 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956- Torch [Libby eBook]. Lerner Publishing Group, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3104kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Young adult fiction. Fiction-Young Adult. Historical Fiction. autistic author. Czechoslovakia. Central Europe. prague spring. Soviet Union. Friendship. resistance. asperger's. Communism. LGBTQIA+. Fiction. 1960s. HTML:<p><strong>Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime.</strong></p> <p>Czechoslovakia, 1969</p> <p>Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets himself on fire in public, hoping to motivate others to fight for change.</p> <p>Instead, Pavol's death launches a government investigation into three of his closest friends. Štěpán finds his Olympic hockey ambitions jeopardized and must conceal his sexual orientation from authorities who could use it against him. Tomáš has already been accused of "antisocial" behavior because he struggles to follow the unwritten rules of everyday interactions, and now he must work even harder to meet the expectations of his father, the regional leader of the communist party. And aspiring film director Lída, Pavol's girlfriend, is pregnant with his child, which brands her a traitor by association and upends all her plans.</p> <p>With their futures hanging in the balance, all three must decide whether to keep struggling to survive in the country Pavol died hoping to save . . . or risk a perilous escape to the other side.</p>. Young Adult Literature. Young Adult Fiction. Historical Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=88879c1f-1ee7-4085-8acc-c903a6260330&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=88879c1f-1ee7-4085-8acc-c903a6260330&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=88879c1f-1ee7-4085-8acc-c903a6260330&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)