Dissidents
- ISBN-10
- 0316789046
- ISBN-13
- 9780316789042
- Category
- Fathers and sons
- Pages
- 183
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Author
- Neal Shusterman
Description
Fifteen-year-old Derek, son of the recently deceased American ambassador to the Soviet Union, decides to smuggle a Russian dissident's daughter out of Moscow and achieves a greater understanding of himself, his principles, and his deep-seated feelings for his father.
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