This book was a quick read with pictures that added to the quality of the story. This book is about Sasha Zaichik whose father is arrested one night and it follows Sasha through the night and following day, and choices he must make to survive. It will be an eye opening story for children to read, but it is also some what violent and scary for a younger kid to read. I think it would have to be read in the right setting with some sort of context beforehand.