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Graffiti Knight
by Karen Bass
Ages: 14+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Pajama Press
ISBN: 978-1-927485-53-8
Keywords: Communism, World War II, Russia
In post World War II Soviet-controlled East Germany, a teenager, frustrated with widespread hunger and government oppression, finds power in small acts of sabotage against the police and their Soviet masters. Is it worth the risk?