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Yulia Yakovleva

Yulia Yakovleva

Yulia Yakovleva Horst has worked for many years as a columnist and an editor in leading Russian newspapers and magazines. She writes in both Russian and Norwegian. Her first children book Halens historie written in Norwegian and published under her Norwegian name, received the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2014 in Opera Prima category. Raven's children is her first children novel in Russian. She is studying for an MA in children's illustration in the UK.

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  • The Raven’s Children

    The Raven’s Children

    Author: Yulia Yakovleva Translator: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp from Russian
    Publisher: Puffin books
    Interest age: 10+
    Reading age: 10-12

    It’s 1938 and siblings Shura and Tanya are good Soviet citizens and comrades. But there are spies and enemies everywhere. Gripping and at times quite surreal, the book – which is popular in Russia – is inspired by true events from the author’s family past.

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