| Title | : | In Place of Katia |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1963 |
In Place of Katia Reviews
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One-of-a-kind premise (girl from American colonies circa 1772 whose father is dying of consumption gets adopted by family of Russian landowners who just happen to be visiting NYC and goes back with them to their estate); typical kidlit plot of mild hijinks, secrets passages...and the threat posed by Pugachev's rebellion. I mean, obviously an emigre author writing for an American audience in the 1960s isn't going to be pro-revolution, but it also managed to be a lot more racist than the Charskaya novel from the 1890s I read last year.
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It took years to find this early work of Mara Kay's set in the 18th century in which Carrie Quinton of old New York finds herself unexpectedly traveling to Russia - to be a companion to a young Russian girl, Lisa, and also to substitute for Lisa's deceased cousin Katia, whose father cannot accept her death.
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