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Lost Year, The
Katherine Marsh
Illustrator: Maria Skliarova
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 978-1-250-31360-7
Keywords: Ukraine, Families, Survival,Grandparents, Pandemic 2020, Divorce, Russia, Journals, Oral history, Joseph Stalin, Propaganda
Separated from his journalist father during COVID, Matthew, 13, discovers a deeply held family secret about his great-grandmother's life in Ukraine during the 1930s Holodomor famine. Black-and-white spot illustrations. Back matter.