A review by theblessedeveryday
Burying the Sun by Gloria Whelan

4.0

Pre-read this as as it’s an independent reader in my daughter’s curriculum. Details Russia’s involvement in Word War II and the struggles in Leningrad/St Petersburg as the Germans approached. Reading level is not too difficult, but subject matter is heavy, with lots of death and suffering. The story also ends quite abruptly. A good story though for middle-grade readers for a setting not often appearing in children’s literature.