Thank you for the great review!

Two authors discuss their new YA novels. "Kidnapped From Ukraine: Under Attack" by Marsha Skrypuch about a family separated in 2022 Mariupol. "Swimming with Spies" by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger about Ukraine's dolphins in 2014 Crimea. Today at 11am PST on CHLY 101.7fm or stream at chly.ca #UkrainianView

For insight on the horror these kids experience, check out YA novel Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack by Marsha Skrypuch. It's a gripping story with mind-blowing details based on real events. I was fortunate to interview the author. The link if interested www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hEv...

Thank you to Marsha Skrypuch for closing the day with humour and vulnerability. #PYI2025

In „Standoff (Kidnapped from Ukraine, 2)“ erzählt die ukrainisch-kanadische Autorin Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch die Geschichte der zwölfjährigen Zwillingsschwestern Rada und Dariia Popkova, die im Februar 2022 mitten in den russischen Angriff auf Mariupol geraten. Während der 13/32

1. “Don’t Tell the Nazis” is by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. It is MG historical----not exactly fiction. The author's note at the end says it is inspired by the true story of Kateryna Sikorska and her daughter Krystia. It is set in Ukraine during World War 2.

Today's second book was much better. A young adult story about Ukranian children kept as slaves by the Nazis during WW2. I seem to recall some mild controversy about this book, but can't find anything about it. If you know, please tell me! #books #booksky #bskybooks #fiction

"I'M DOING MY PART!"...𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 👍

A successful triple-book launch with @anna_rosner_and_bookswithwings @lornasn & @skrypuch at Mable's Fables in Toronto! Last Year with Maddy is available now at your local bookstore, library, and online! @mablesfablesbookstore #MiddleGrade #Arts #Poetry #Music #friendship

It was a great zoomchat!

Inspiring, uplifting PAL Shop Talk today, organized via SCBWI Canada East. 🇨🇦📚 #KidLit #YALit #CanKidLit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana... @rosemarymosco.com @oksanna.bsky.social @erinalladin.bsky.social @analene.bsky.social @lsteinberg.bsky.social

So excited to launch my next middle-grade book, Last Year with Maddy, with two wonderful authors! April 21st at Mabel's Fables in Toronto. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social

Come celebrate with us! Three Canadian women and their new books for young people! A triple book launch at Mabel's Fables, Toronto, on April 21 at 6:30pm. #booksky #Ireadcanadian #mglit

Page-turner/unusual plot. I loved the unfolding of who Ben really is, why he is abruptly fired from his job and why people are being blown up on a racing subway because of his presence. Unexpected backstory and twists, and satisfying ending. #booksky #bookbirthday #Netgalley #StMartinsPress

Feeding my addiction! Just wrote two more pysanky today. Here are all that I've made so far in 2026.

#booksky Elizabeth Berg's new book, Life: A Love Story, is a poignant read. Sentimental, down to earth, filled with life lessons. You will weep, but it will be a good weep. #Netgalley #RandomHouse.

Gut-punching and true. #Bucha is a must watch movie based on true events during the first weeks of Russia's war on Ukraine. Not an easy watch but ultimately uplifting. #Ukrainewar

These Are the Fireworks by Vicki Grant. At the beginning, the reader is plunged in off-kilter and can't help but read on. As the layers peel away, the true crime reveals itself and the resolution is oh-so satisfying on so many levels. #Canlit #Netgalley #Nimbus #VagrantPress #booksky

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the only children’s author in Canada to be banned by Russia.

This is Freedom to Read Week and the 4th and 12th anniversaries of Russia's genocidal war on Ukraine When books are banned, we can know them. But when the author is killed, their voice is silenced. #booksky #Ukraine www.lecarmichael.ca/2026/02/free...

Pysanky time! Prepping quail eggs! #Ukraine

Heather Marshall's enthralling novel set in 1960s Toronto is about a journalist who gets herself into a women's prison so she can document the injustices, but then has trouble getting out. A must read! #booksky #Canadian #canlit #Penguin Random House Canada #Netgalley

#booksky In signature style of Anna Quindlen, the reader is emotionally captivated by the complex lives of regular people as she delves into the question of family, friendship and what is required for a fulfilling life. #netgally #RandomHouse

Thanks for the great interview, Paulette!!

#booksky Just published by #AtriaBooks, Adrift by Will Dean. Oh my goodness, this was a tense, anxiety-provoking page-turner! Must read more Will Dean!

thanks for the great interview, Paulette!

This novel is set post-WWII, but everything old, alas, is new again. #booksky #Ukraine stepoutsummit.substack.com/p/traitors-a...

World Read Aloud Day #WRAD started a bit early for me this year, as last night at 11pm I met with 4th grade students from Tashkent International School to talk about Adrift at Sea, about Tuan Ho's perilous escape from Vietnam. @pajamapressbooks #ireadcanadian #booksky

Loved reading about occupations and lives of common women. It was illuminating, reading all the reasons why women would choose a monastic life. Not at all what you might think! #booksky @netgalley.bsky.social #penandsword

#BelleBurden's memoir about her shattered marriage is beautifully written, humble, and filled with hope. #RandomHouse #reading #goodbooks

Thank you, Kristen.

A choice is made that will bring in buckets of cash, but will harm the very people they've vowed to help. Reading the fallout of this horrible decision made for pageturning intensity and a sick stomach. #SharonBala #PenguinRandomCA #NetGalley #IReadCanadian

#Discipline. Happy #Bookbirthday! I love the structure of this story, with Christine on tour with her first novel, which is highly personal, secret, and now out there in the form of a revenge fantasy against a powerful man in her past. Beautifully written. @randomhouse.bsky.social #LarissaPham

Will you be at the #olasc? @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social I'll be signing at 1pm on Thursday at the Scholastic booth! #Standoff #KidnappedfromUkraine. Come by and say hi! #IReadCanadian

Thank you, @hkubiw.bsky.social !!! I have such deep respect for your reviews! #mglit #kidsbooks #Ukrainewar

Thanks Riverside Elem in Suwanee GA for the #authorvisits with your 5th grade students! Loved the enthusiasm, the questions and their energy!

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Yay! #schoolvisits in BC (N Van & Sea to Sky Region) with the @kidsbookcentre during #CanadianChildrensBookWeek in April! I'd love to visit your students! #mglit #IReadCanadian @scholasticCDA #Ukraine bookcentre.ca/pages/people...

Thanks for your thoughts about Under Attack, Coco! #UkraineWar #mglit growingupsc.com/young-reader...

CUCS Lecture Series How and why Marsha Skrypuch wrote the “Kidnapped from Ukraine” trilogy Date and Time: Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12 PM CST Location: Online via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting: umanitoba.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Remembrance day #kidlit (1 of 2) Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social September 17 Amanda West Lewis Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social #remembrancedaybooksforkids

Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur) by Linda Bailey and K-Fai Steel. This seemingly simple story encourages kids to choose their own path and not be held back by others' expectations. An instant classic. #Tundra #Netgalley 📚👍🏼#Canlit

@sharigreen.bsky.social !! Congratulations on winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams!!!

Thank you! PYI is a transformative conference. #pyi2025

Russia’s ‘human safari’ in southern Ukraine is a warning to the world www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

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Russia Hits Kindergarten and Power Plants Hours After Trump Delays Summit www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...