This book showed me how children where taught in the Soviet Union during Stalin's leadership. Zaichik is a son of a secret service man. He grows up wanting to join the Communist Pioneer Club. He thinks very highly of Communism, but as the book continues on he slowly becomes aware of the evil that communism creates.
Since it was fiction I thought the story would be full of happy moments and finally an ending that made the reader feel good! However this was historical fiction, and in an effort to be true to history, the character goes through many tough situations. He's not perfect either. I think this is a good book because it shows why some people do and say the things they do.
