Journey to the Soviet Union

ISBN-10
0316801755
ISBN-13
9780316801751
Category
Children's writings
Pages
122
Language
English
Published
1985-01-01
Publisher
Little Brown
Author
Samantha Smith

Description

A ten-year-old from Maine describes her trip to Russia at the invitation of Yuri Andropov after writing him a letter expressing her fears about a nuclear war.

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