John G. Reid

Escape by John G. Reid is an excellent young adult novel, a much easier read compared to the author's academic works. I've learned an amazing historical fact that one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution in 1917, Leon Trosky, was jailed in the wartime prison camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The history of the modern world opens a small corner of its vast tapestries in this small town in Canada. Alexi and his family help Lev in his attempt to rescue his father Leon Trosky from the prison camp. More than a half century later two elderly men, both named Lev Trosky, appear in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Who is Alexi? and who is real Lev? The reader could find the answer from the story.… (más)