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| Ronsdale Press November, 2022 |
From East Prussian Refugee to Soviet Starosta January, 1945
Katya's attempt to flee the Red Army fails and she's dragged 2800 kilometres east to a coal mine in the Ural Mountains.
Thanks to the cover designer, Julie Cochrane, for including my mother's POW release paper on the cover.
REVIEWS
* A CCBC (Canadian Children's Book Centre) Best Books' selection, Spring, 2023
* youngadulting.ca: "I appreciated every moment of Katya’s experience and learned a great deal along her journey of the Second World War."
* 49th Shelf, Top Grade Pick for Winter, 2023, Young Adult.
* 5 Stars and "Highly Recommended" in CM Review, January 27, 2023
* "An engaging story from the start ..." in BookList . (American Library Association)
* "Difficult, harsh, and worthy of attention." Kirkus Reviews.
* "A story of resilience and survival... unique perspective...indelible images." Barbara Nickel, BC & Yukon Book Prize recipient & author of Dear Peter, Dear Ulla
I'm immensely grateful to Dr. Mateusz Swietlicki, (link to his lecture at the HREC - Holodomor Research & Education Consortium). As Assistant Professor at the University of Wrocław's Institute of English Studies and Director of the Center for Young People's Literature, Dr. Swietlicki includes these novels in his study of children's Ukrainian history alongside a wide swath of Canadian authors. His textbook— Next-Generation Memory and Ukrainian Canadian Children's Historical Fiction: The Seeds of History—encourages storytellers to keep listening and to keep sharing through the power of story.
Dr. Swietlicki's contribution to the textbook Land Deep in Time, Canadian Historiographic Ethnofiction, devotes a chapter to homelessness as experienced in my family-inspired novels.
Crow Stone's launch (13.01.23) featured a conversation with my oldest daughter, focusing on the dynamics & value of family history. Available on McNally Robinson's YouTube link.
Thank you to McNally Robinson for giving local bookworms a welcoming community & thank you to those who attended, in person and online.
Here's a link to my part in this YA author conversation.
Visit Ronsdale's Youtube channel to preview more of their recent historical releases.
to the Brock House Society in Vancouver, BC, for letting me share Katya's story as part of their Esther Birney lecture series in time for Remembrance Day and to Canada Council for their financial support in helping writers share their stories.
Thanks to those who attended by BookChat with the MANITOBA WRITERS' GUILD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12.2023.
Good conversation!
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