A young Russian Christian uses his ingenuity and faith to rescue his friend held by the Secret Police.

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Ivan and Katya desperately try to outwit the Secret Police by smuggling much needed warm clothes and Bibles home from a holiday in Hungary.

Part of the Ivan story-book series Exciting adventures For 9 - 13 year olds

Ivan is questioned by the police after a secret Bible study. Suddenly his Christian friends don't trust him but Ivan is not the informer. How can he find out who it is?

Read how a key, a car, a foreign journalist and a clown suit help Ivan in one of his greatest adventures against the powerful Secret Police.

Beyond the safety of New York City's news headlines, Next Stop is a train ride into the heart of the Bronx during the late eighties and early nineties at the height of the crack epidemic, a tumultuous time when hip-hop was born and money-hungry slumlords were burning down apartment buildings with tenants still inside. From one stop to the next, this gritty memoir follows Ivan Sanchez and his crew on their search for identity and an escape from poverty in a stark world where street wars and all-night symphonies of crime and drug-fueled mayhem were as routine as the number 4 train. In the game, the difference between riches and ruin was either a bullet or a lucky turn away. Almost driven insane by the poverty, despair, and senseless violence, Ivan left it all behind and moved to Virginia, but the grotesque images and voices of the dead continued to haunt him. This book honors the memories of those who died. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Next Stop shares with a whole new generation the insights and hard lessons Ivan learned.