The Blackbird Girls Class_PSYCHOLOGY they soon find themselves on

they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying and deadly beast

Because the prize is a cure to any illness

double crosses

how the immune system works

Aided by her well-honed survival instincts

The Blackbird Girls Class_PSYCHOLOGY they soon find themselves onOn 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.