Katarynas Grade 10 year is shattered when her grandfather is accused of being a policeman for the Nazis in World War II Ukraine and of perpetrating atrocities against civilians.

Hope's War [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]

Teen & Young Adult

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Literature & Fiction

ReadHowYouWant

Making Bombs for Hitler

For readers who were enthralled by Alan Gratz's PRISONER B-3087 comes a gripping novel about a lesser-known part of WWII. Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won't she? But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II. Lida's parents are ripped away from her and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking labor. Starving and terrified, Lida bonds with her fellow prisoners, but none of them know if they'll live to see tomorrow. When Lida and her friends are assigned to make bombs for the German army, Lida cannot stand the thought of helping the enemy. Then she has an idea. What if she sabotaged the bombs... and the Nazis? Can she do so without getting caught? And if she's freed, will she ever find her sister again? This pulse-pounding novel of survival, courage, and hope shows us a lesser-known piece of history -- and is sure to keep readers captivated until the last page.

Children's Books

Scholastic Press

Stolen from her family by the Nazis, Nadia is a young girl who tries to make sense of her confusing memories and haunting dreams. Bit by bit she starts to uncover the truth-that the German family she grew up with, the woman who calls herself Nadia's mother, are not who they say they are. 
 Beyond her privileged German childhood, Nadia unearths memories of a woman singing her a lullaby, while the taste of gingersnap cookies brings her back to a strangely familiar, yet unknown, past. Piece by piece, Nadia comes to realize who her real family was. But where are they now? What became of them? And what is her real name? 
 This story of a Lebensborn girl-a child kidnapped for her "Aryan looks" by the Nazis in their frenzy to build a master race-reveals one child's fierce determination to uncover her past against incredible odds.

Stolen Child

Scholastic, Canada

See below for English description.La famille d'Anya immigre de l'Ukraine pour prendre un nouveau d?part au Canada. Mais juste apr's avoir am?nag? dans un appartement minuscule ? Montr?al, la Premi?re Guerre mondiale ?clate. L'Ukraine ?tant annex?e ? l'Autriche, qui est maintenant en guerre contre le Commonwealth, plusieurs Ukrainiens sont d?clar's ? sujets de pays ennemis ? et sont envoy's dans des camps d'internement. C'est ainsi qu'Anya et sa famille se retrouvent dans le camp de Spirit Lake, un endroit ?loign? dans le nord du Qu?bec. Les conditions sont dures, mais au moins, la famille d'Anya n'est pas s?par?e et malgr? les cl?tures barbel?es qui l'entourent, la jeune fille arrive ? se faire des amis et ? semer la joie autour d'elle. L'auteure Marsha Skrypuch, dont le grand-p?re a v?cu l'internement des Ukrainiens en Alberta, s'est rendue ? Spirit Lake, au Qu?bec, afin d'effectuer ses recherches pour ?crire ce roman. Elle s'est inspir?e de l'histoire de Mary Manko, une petite fille de six ans, qui a d? quitter Montr?al avec sa famille pour ?tre intern?es ? Spirit Lake. Mary Manko est d?c?d?e en juillet 2007 ? l'?ge de 98 ans. Elle ?tait la derni?re survivante connue des camps d'internement ukrainiens au Canada.  Anya's family emigrates from the Ukraine hoping for a fresh start and a new life in Canada. Soon after they cram into a tiny apartment in Montreal, WWI is declared. Because their district was annexed by Austria - now at war with the Commonwealth - many Ukrainians in Canada are declared "enemy aliens" and sent to internment camps. Anya and her family are shipped off to the Spirit Lake Camp, in the remote wilderness of Quebec. Though conditions are brutal, at least Anya is at a camp that houses entire families together, and even in this barbed-wire world, she is able to make new friends and bring some happiness to the people around her. Author Marsha Skrypuch, whose own grandfather was interned during WWI at a camp in Alberta, travelled to Spirit Lake during her research for the book. "When we got to the cemetery, I was overwhelmed with emotion. Imagine seeing a series of crosses, all grown over with brush and abandoned, and knowing that the real person you based a character on had a little sister buried there? That real little girl was Mary Manko. She was only six years old when she and her family were taken from their Montreal home and sent to Spirit Lake Internment Camp. Her two-year-old sister Carolka died at the camp. Mary Manko is in her nineties now and is the last known survivor of the Ukrainian internment operations." explains Skrypuch.Original title: Dear Canada: Prisonners in the Promised Land

Cher Journal: Prisonniers de la Grande Forêt (French Edition)

History

Editions Scholastic

Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

Ellis, Sarah

Matas, Carol

Nodelman, Perry

Little, Jean

Trottier, Maxine

LAWSON, Julie

Bradford, Karleen

Last Airlift is the true story of the last Canadian airlift operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archive photos, Tuyet's story of the Saigon orphanage and her flight to Canada is an emotional and suspenseful journey brought to life by award-winning children's author, Marsha Skrypuch. (Publisher)

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War

Pajama Press

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Making Bombs For Hitler

Scholastic. Inc.

The War Below

The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now, Luka has smuggled himself out -- even though he left behind his dearest friend, Lida. Someday, he vows, he'll find her again. But first, he must survive. Racing through the woods and mountains, Luka evades capture by both Nazis and Soviet agents. Though he finds some allies, he never knows who to trust. As Luka makes difficult choices in order to survive, desperate rescues and guerilla raids put him in the line of fire. Can he persevere long enough to find Lida again or make it back home where his father must be waiting for him? Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author of Making Bombs for Hitler, delivers another action-packed story, inspired by true events, of daring quests and the crucial decisions we make in the face of war.

Stolen Girl

A companion to Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below, this novel follows a Ukrainian girl who was kidnapped as a child to be raised by a Nazi family. Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming. Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war? What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future. Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.

Don't Tell the Nazis

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler) crafts a story of ultimate compassion and sacrifice based on true events during WWII. The year is 1941. Krystia lives in a small Ukrainian village under the cruel -- sometimes violent -- occupation of the Soviets. So when the Nazis march into town to liberate them, many of Krystia's neighbors welcome the troops with celebrations, hoping for a better life. But conditions don't improve as expected. Krystia's friend Dolik and the other Jewish people in town warn that their new occupiers may only bring darker days. The worst begins to happen when the Nazis blame the Jews for murders they didn't commit. As the Nazis force Jews into a ghetto, Krystia does what she can to help Dolik and his family. But what they really need is a place to hide. Faced with unimaginable tyranny and cruelty, will Krystia risk everything to protect her friends and neighbors?

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