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The Boy on the Bridge

by Natalie Standiford

Ages: 14+

Published: 2013

Publisher: Scholastic Press

ISBN: 978-0-545-33481-5

Keywords: Russia, Immigration

In 1982, Laura, an American college student, spends a semester in Leningrad and has a romance with Alyosha, which adds an unexpected dimension to her growing experience.