"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....

"The Adventures of Bella & Harry" is a picture book series that chronicles the escapades of a pup named Bella, her little brother Harry and their family, who travel the world exploring the sights and sounds of new, exciting cities. In this book Bella and Harry travel to Saint Petersburg, Russia. They play with Russian nesting dolls, visit the Church of Our Savior On Spilled Blood, the Gardens of Catherine Palace in Pushkin, Saint Basil's Cathedral...