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Gr 5–8—When called to live in his family's ancestral home in St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-year-old Prince Lev is apprehensive. Becoming heir to a foreboding estate that he's never seen is daunting enough, and it is his first time leaving his mother. Add an aunt who can be harsh to say the least, the misrepresented memories of his glorified grandfather, and a night in a haunted study, and it's no surprise that Prince Lev is slightly anxious. But he soon develops a friendship with a mysterious boy who is hardly what he seems. Through...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the introduction to this faux memoir ("written by Prince Lev Lvov, with pictures drawn in his own hand" and "translated from Russian by Eugene Yelchin"), Yelchin describes finding the fictional prince's papers as a boy and later showing them to Laura Godwin (the real editor of this book) for publication. Set in late-nineteenth-century imperial Russia, the atmospheric story follows young Lev,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In late-nineteenth-century imperial Russia, Prince Lev Lvov arrives at Falcon House to assume his noble duties. In his late grandfathe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More