Words on Fire

I wasn't expecting to like this book so much, man, but it was absolute perfection. CHARACTERS: >Audra, our protagonist, is a quiet but feisty girl. She's also absolutely precious, has real goals and dreams, and is just amazing in general. She does magic tricks, makes smoke bombs, dresses up as a corp......more

This is a story about book smugglers. Lithuania is a small country by the Baltic Sea, near Russia. It's been swallowed by the Russian empire at various times in its history. In the late 19th century, it was illegal to speak the Lithuanian language, to read books printed in Lithuanian, to teach Lithu......more

3 stars— I really love Nielsen’s books, especially her historical fiction series. She does such a great job of telling the stories of some of the forgotten heroes of history and she does it with respect and style. Unfortunately, this is not my favorite of that series. It’s not a bad book by any mea......more

Characters: Audra was a great character. I enjoyed seeing her take on her parents' mission after their arrests. Language: Clean. Moral: The main theme of this book was the importance of books and a country's history/culture. This was shown well as the Lithuanian book carriers fought against the ban Ru......more

Good historical fiction, based on extensive research by Jennifer Nielsen about the knygnesiai, the book smugglers of Lithuania, who did everything possible to keep their culture alive during the Russian occupation of their Baltic homeland in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Audra is shy and sheltered......more