{"product_id":"the-lost-year-a-survival-story-of-the-ukrainian-famine-national-book-award-finalist-9781250909305","title":"The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A National Book Award Finalist*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250909305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.62h x 5.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e519855 \/ Lost Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katherine Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838794596533,"sku":"9781250909305","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dff50010-dd84-4763-a4a7-cdd13d745684.jpg?v=1712029949","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-year-a-survival-story-of-the-ukrainian-famine-national-book-award-finalist-9781250909305","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}