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I've read that book in Grade 10 English (Alberta, Canada) but the title Escapes me, all I remember is that they end up in an orphanage where they are beaten and one of them disinfects a wound with a pint of vodka. Also that the main character had to walk 100 miles without food and in order to cope with the hunger chewed on his cheeks.
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A book that was part of my required reading in English class either in middle school or early high school (New Brunswick, Canada.) It followed the story of a group of street children in russia. The parts that stick out the most is when one child visited Lenins coffin, and how they all wanted to go to the country because they had the idea the could just get food from fields with ease.
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