Blogging at The Fourth Musketter , librarian and Young Adult Nonfition panelist, Margo specializes in historical fiction for young people. She reivews Young Adult Nonfiction nominee The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, by Candace Fleming, writing:
Fleming expertly weaves together the intimate life of Russia’s last czar and his family with the saga of the revolution brewing underneath their royal noses, beginning with workers’ strikes in 1905 and leading up to Lenin’s seizing power in 1917. Interspersed with her compelling narrative are original documents from the time that tell the stories of ordinary men and women swept up in the dramatic events in Russia.
Read the rest of the review here.