A Man in the House: A Leningrad Story

“A Man in the House. A Leningrad Story” is the story of a single family—and at the same time of an entire country—enduring the horrors of war. Ten-year-old Maxim travels in a train car with his pregnant mother from besieged Leningrad to Sverdlovsk. Before they leave, his father told his son: “I know you’re strong; you can be relied upon. You’ll stay a man in the house.” After his mother dies and his brother Sashka is born, Maxim has to grow up and become the main one in their small family. And ahead is a long road, fear, unfamiliar fellow travelers, and complete uncertainty. Will Maxim be able to care for his brother and reach the city where their grandmother is waiting? A war story intended for older school-age children and adult readers.