Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin

Author:Eugene Yelchin
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Published: 2011-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Zina opens and closes her mouth several times before she can speak again. “I’m not sure who’s reliable, Nina Petrovna,” she says quietly.

“That’s it, Zina,” says Nina Petrovna. “The ones who you’re not sure are reliable are the suspicious ones. Those are the names you want to write down. Understand?”

Nina Petrovna looks up at the class. “Children, does everyone understand?”

I hear people shifting in their seats and soon pencils start to scribble. I look over my shoulder at Vovka. He’s grinning at me and pretending to sharpen his pencil with a knife. When I turn back, Nina Petrovna stands in front of my desk.

“Sasha? You’re not writing?”

I wish I had some excuse—that I didn’t have any paper or that my pencil needed sharpening—but there’s paper in front of me, pencil sharp as always.

“Sasha?” she says, this time louder. “Write at least one name, Sasha. Should be easy to guess, shouldn’t it?”

She looks over my head and now I see she is staring at Vovka. She stares long and hard, making sure we all know who she’s looking at.

“Can you spell your own name, Sobakin?” she says. “Write it down.”

I turn to look at Vovka. Everyone does. Vovka’s desk scrapes the floor as he rises, clenching his fists. What is he going to do? Hit Nina Petrovna? By the look of him, he would. But nothing happens. The door opens and Matveich pokes his head in. “All classes to the cafeteria. Chief’s orders.”

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