Jane C. (JaneEire) reviewed Freedom's Child : A Courageous Teenager's Story of Fleeing His Parents and the Soviet Union to Live in America on
This is the true story of the boy who caused such a stir when he defected from the Soviet Union back in the '80s, against the wishes of his family.
Shirley W. (shirljo) reviewed Freedom's Child : A Courageous Teenager's Story of Fleeing His Parents and the Soviet Union to Live in America on + 45 more book reviews
"In August 1980, 12-year-old Polovchak requested political asylum in the U.S. (the youngest person ever to do so) rather than return with his disenchanted emigre parents to their native Ukraine.".