From acclaimed author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, this incredibly gripping and timely story set during the Holodomor in 1930s Ukraine introduces young readers to a pivotal moment in history-- and how it relates to the events of today.
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch brings this deeply resonant, and remarkably timely, historical world to life in a story about unity, perseverance, and a people\'s determination to overcome..
But can they survive long enough to succeed? Known as the Holodomor, or death by starvation, Ukraine\'s Famine-Genocide in the 1930s was deliberately caused by the Soviets to erase the Ukrainian people and culture.
Desperate, Nyl and Alice come up with an audacious plan that could save both of them -- and their community.
Something is very wrong, and Alice is determined to help. until Alice realizes that the people suffering the most are all ethnically Ukrainian, like Nyl.
Alice has recently arrived from Canada with her father, who is here to work for the Soviets... but a murderous plan leading all the way to Stalin.
On top of bad harvests and a harsh winter, conditions worsen until it\'s clear the lack of food is not just chance...
Ever since the Soviet dictator, Stalin, started to take control of farms like the one Nyl\'s family lives on, there is less and less food to go around.
Nyl is just trying to stay alive.
From acclaimed author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, this incredibly gripping and timely story set during the Holodomor in 1930s Ukraine introduces young readers to a pivotal moment in history-- and how it relates to the events of today
