City of Thieves

From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival -- and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.

During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.

By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, the New York Times bestseller City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 04/01/2009
ISBN: 9780452295292
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 05/08/2009 pg. 68
New York Times Book Review 05/24/2009 pg. 20
New York Times Book Review 04/18/2010 pg. 31
Entertainment Weekly 07/09/2010 pg. 81

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 129922 / City of Thieves
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13