Publication Date: March 2006
Blurb:
The year 1978 has been a pretty good one for Eva Lott. She has a terrific best friend, she’s dating the best-looking guy in school, and she just made the varsity swim team. So when her widowed dad says it’s time for them to move, she’s not exactly thrilled. And when he tells her that he intends to move to Communist Poland to help with a radical underground movement . . . Well, it’s all downhill from there.
Soon Eva has been transplanted from her comfortable Chicago suburb to a land that doesn’t even have meat in its stores, let alone Peter Frampton records. And everywhere she goes, the government is watching. But Eva begins to warm to her new life. Sometime between eating lard on bread and dodging the militia, she makes a handsome new friend, Tomek. And soon she is wondering if maybe she’s found home in the most unlikely of places.
What To Expect:
Eva Underground is a historical YA novel set in 1978 Communist Poland. Readers can expect clean romance, light travel, revolutionary activities, and a taste of life in a military-controlled country.
Content Warnings:
Language: None
Sexual Content: Closed Door – One kissing scene
Violence: Mild – Police brutality and mentions of torture, but nothing overly graphic
Substance Use: Mild – A character mentions her boyfriend getting drunk and smoking
Prejudices: None
Religious Themes: This takes place in a culture of Christianity. Characters pray, attend church services (funeral and baptism), and talk about putting up crosses in defiance of their atheistic rulers.
Other Topics: Mild – Grief over loss of a parent
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