6/27/2023 0 Comments Winterkill marsha skrypuchSomething is very wrong, and Alice is determined to help.Desperate, Nyl and Alice come up with an audacious plan that could save both of them and their community. until Alice realizes that the people suffering the most are all ethnically Ukrainian, like Nyl. but a murderous plan leading all the way to Stalin.Alice has recently arrived from Canada with her father, who is here to work for the Soviets. 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. 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.
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