A review by mistree
Arcady's Goal by Eugene Yelchin

4.0

I listened to them audio version of this book which was quite good. They voices really sounded Russian accented. They storyline was good as it dealt with a boy who had been raised in an orphanage but was adopted by a man who wanted a family. They boy was very skilled at soccer and had a gray desire to play on a real team, especially them Red Army team. However, this wasn't easy as his real parents had been declared cites of the state and that stigma followed him, even though they died when he was a baby. They author's note at their end helped me realize that this was not a farfetched angle but a reality for too many in their Soviet Union.