White Hunger
Original title: Nälkävuosi
by Aki Ollikainen
Translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah
- Publication
- First published 2015
- ISBN
- 9781908670205, 9781908670212
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Sign in"1867: a year of devastating famine in Finland. Marja, a farmer's wife from the north, sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children. Their goal: St Petersburg, where people say there is bread. Others are also heading south, just as desperate to survive. Ruuni, a boy she meets, seems trustworthy. But can anyone really help?"--Back cover.
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