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Book Suggestions Published in 2023 Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art (2023, by: Salyer, Hannah, LE, Stone Age, Cave Art) Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport (2023, by: Stelson, Caren, LE, MG, Holocaust, Kindertransport) Love is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement (2023, by: Wallace, Sandra Neil, LE, MG, Civil Rights) Hidden Hope (2023, by: Boxer, Elisa, LE, MG, Holocaust, Jewish Resistance) History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People (2023, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, Colonization, Exploration, Caribbean, Indigenous Americans) A Sky Full of Song (2023, by: Meyer, Susan Lynn, MG, UMG, Jewish Immigration, Westward Expansion) Race to the Truth: Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (2023, by: Coombs, Linda, MG, UMG, Colonial America, Indigenous Americans, Wampanoag, Colonization) Iceburg (2023, by: Nielsen, Jennifer A., MG, UMG, Titanic) Wild Bird (2023, by: Zahler, Diane, UMG, YA, Plagues, Medieval Life, Bubonic Plague) In the Tunnel (2023, by: Lee, Julie, UMG, Korean War, Escaping North Korea) The Lost Year (2023, by: Marsh, Katherine, UMG, Soviet Union, Holodomor) Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust (2023, by: Shusterman, Neal, UMG, YA, Holocaust, Jewish Resistance) The Windeby Puzzle (2023, by: Lowry, Lois, UMG, YA, Archaeology) The Mona Lisa Vanishes (2023, by: Day, Nicholas, UMG, YA, Leonardo da Vinci, Art Heist) Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (2023, by: Dimaline, Cherie, UMG, YA, Metis Nation, Retelling, Indigenous Americans, LGBTQ+) The Davenports (2023, by: Marquis, Krystal, YA, A, African American History, Great Migration, Civil Rights) The Reformatory (2023, by: Due, Tananarive, YA, A, Segregation, Civil Rights, Great Migration, Jim Crow) Red Harvest (2023, by: Cherkas, Michael, YA, A, Soviet Union, Holodomor) For Lamb (2023, by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, YA, A, Segregation, lynching, Great Migration, Jim Crow) The Blood Years (2023, by: Arnold, Elana K., YA, A, Holocaust) A Fire Among Clouds: Codex Black (2023, by: Lozano, Camilo Moncada, YA, Indigenous Americans, Mesoamerican Mythology) Atomic Anna (2023, by: Barenbaum, Rachel, YA, A, Chernobyl, Communism, Soviet Union) Immortality: A Love Story (2023, by: Schwartz, Dana, YA, A, Medicine, Graverobbers, Women in Science) My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (2023, by: Bayron, Kalynn, YA, A, Victorian Era, LGBTQ+, Retelling) What the River Knows (2023, by: Ibañez, Isabel, YA, A, Egyptology, Archaeology, Cleopatra) The Woman With the Cure (2023, by: Cullen, Lynn, YA, A, History of Science, Women in Science, Vaccines) Wrath Becomes Her (2023, by: Polydoros, Aden, YA, A, WWII, Jewish Resistance) The Fight for Midnight (2023, by: Solomon, Dan, YA, Reproductive Rights) Lone Women (2023, by: LaValle, Victor, A, Horror, Westward Expansion) The House is on Fire (2023, by: Beanland, Rachel, A, Antebellum South, Disasters, Escaped Slaves) Looking for Jane (2023, by: Marshall, Heather, A, Reproductive Rights) Pandora (2023, by: Stokes-Chapman, Susan, A, Women in Art, Greek Mythology) The Postcard (2023, by: Berest, Anne, A, WWII, Jewish Life, antisemitism, Holocaust Survivors) See also: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 1/16/2023 Modern Age The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine Author: Marsh, Katherine Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1933 Geographic Area: Russia Country: Russia, United States Topics: Holodomor, Soviet Union Genre: Fiction Reading Age: Upper Middle Grade Format: Chapter Book Published: 2023 World History > Modern Age > Soviet Union From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes 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. Thirteen-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. But 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. An incredibly timely, page-turning story of family, survival, and sacrifice, inspired by Marsh’s own family history, The Lost Year is perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys' Between Shades of Gray and Alan Gratz's Refugee. Emily's Review This story had me hooked from the first chapter. Told in multiple perspectives across two timelines, we learn the history of one family during the Holodomor. We're following the perspectives of three children - Matthew, who lives in 2020 New Jersey and is living through the early days of the Covid pandemic, Helen, a Ukrainian American girl living in 1933 Brooklyn, and Mila, a young Soviet girl in 1933 Kyiv. Matthew's GG, or Great Grandmother has come to live with them during the pandemic. When his mother grounds him and takes away his switch, he spends his time helping his GG sort through her boxes of belongings. This is where he discovers a long-buried secret. GG tells him the story of three cousins. Helen, a young girl determined to help her family in Ukraine, Nadiya, a starving Kulak, and Mila, a spoiled Soviet communist. The way the author wove these children's stories together was captivating. I literally couldn't put this book down. I really appreciated the way the author used reporting and media to tell the story. The characters in this book are so vibrant that they practically walk off the page. I loved seeing their sheer determination and will to live. This story left me wanting to read more about this period in history. I think children will find this story fascinating. It paints a vivid picture of a devastating time period and links it to the modern day in a way that I think grounds the story for modern readers. I appreciate that the author based a lot of this story on her own family history. Other Similar Books Other suggestions on the subject of the Soviet Union. Breaking Stalin's Nose (by: Yelchin, Eugene, MG) The Blackbird Girls (by: Blankman, Anne, UMG) The Impossible Journey (by: Whelan, Gloria, UMG) The Lost Year (by: Marsh, Katherine, UMG) Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History 20th Century) (by: McCollum, Sean, UMG, YA) In The Shadow of the Moon (by: Cherrix, Amy, UMG, YA) Red Harvest (by: Cherkas, Michael, YA, A) The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin (by: Hochschild, Adam, YA, A) Atomic Anna (by: Barenbaum, Rachel, YA, A) What's New: Books. Lots of Books. Other Links: HistoryBookByBook on Facebook History_BookByBook on Instagram History_BookByBook on Twitter Arrrghschooling on YouTube BuildYourLibrary.com BuildYourLibrary on Facebook