Title: White hunger
Description: "1867: a year of devastating famine in Finland. Marja, a farmer's wife from the north, sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children. Their goal: St Petersburg, where people say there is bread. Others are also heading south, just as desperate to survive. Ruuni, a boy she meets, seems trustworthy. But can anyone really help?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Finland, fiction
Places: Finland
Time periods: 1809-1917