The story The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig is about how Esther and her family fight to stay alive. This book took place during World War II in the 1940s. The Rudomin family was Jewish. Throughout the book the Rudomin family struggles for food to stay alive, does hard work to earn rubbles, and always sticks together and never quits. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for their future.
             In the beginning of Endless Steppe, Russian soldiers arrested and forced Esther and her family from their home in Vilna, Poland. The Russian soldiers then put them on crowded cattle cars. Every so often, they would stop for some soup and fresh air. Sometimes they would go nights without food or drink. During this trip to Siberia they all get a lot skinnier, and don't realize it until the trip is finally over. The train took two weeks to finally get to its destination.
             In the middle of Endless Steppe, Esther and her family lived in exile and this is the hardest situation they had to go through. The mom had the hardest job of dynamiting in the mines. Esther and her grandma worked in the potato fields. Esther's father had the easiest job and begged to switch with his wife but no one would let him. They all come home sore except the father. Esther has some experience in fields since her grandmother showed her how to work in fields when they lived in Vilna.
             At the end of Endless Steppe, they move into the city in Siberia and they receive new jobs to earn rubbles. The mother worked at a bakery. The father was sent to the front lines in the war. Esther goes to school and makes clothes and sells them to make money. Esther meets a girl named Svetlana in school and becomes best friends with her. Esther is active in school activities like newspaper editor and joining contests. The Rudomin family lived in a lot of huts with many different people. One time they got their own hut, but then they had t...