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2) Lara's gift
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In 1914 Russia, Lara is being groomed by her father to be the next kennel steward for the Count's borzoi dogs unless her mother bears a son, but her visions, although suppressed by her father, seem to suggest she has special bond with the dogs.
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Behind the walls of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg live Esmeralda and her family of mice, the tiniest dancers in the world. Esmeralda has been accepted into the Russian Mouse Ballet Company, and her first project will be "The Nutcracker," debuting at Christmastime. However, when Esmeralda learns that mice are villains in "The Nutcracker," she has second thoughts. Only the custodian's daughter, Irina, can help Esmeralda and her family.
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"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
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