{"product_id":"the-lost-year-a-survival-story-of-the-ukrainian-famine-national-book-award-finalist-katherine-marsh-paperback","title":"The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist) -- Katherine Marsh, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*A National Book Award Finalist*\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNowhere Boy - \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"a resistance novel for our times\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times - \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother's belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present-day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marsh's latest novel sheds fresh light on the Holodomor - the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians, and which the Soviet government covered up for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn incredibly timely, page-turning story of family, survival, and sacrifice, inspired by Marsh's own family history, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Year \u003c\/i\u003eis perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys' \u003ci\u003eBetween Shades of Gray\u003c\/i\u003e and Alan Gratz's \u003ci\u003eRefugee.\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\n\nLexile 710 L.\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katherine Marsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.64\" H x 5.19\" L x 1.01\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781250909305\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46696591655066,"sku":"9781250909305","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9781250909305_254a6b46-cb8f-4ace-bcfa-340fd036ecf1.jpg?v=1774760298","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/the-lost-year-a-survival-story-of-the-ukrainian-famine-national-book-award-finalist-katherine-marsh-paperback","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}