Author: Marsha

I write historical fiction, mostly from the perspective of young people who are thrust in the midst of war.

Meeting Aimee Friedman!

After more than a year of emails and phone calls, I finally met my American editor for Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below in person! So excited!

I’m holding NYT bestselling novel Refugee by Alan Gratz and edited by Aimee. She is holding one of her own novels, Sea Change, which was just made into a TV movie! (Guess what’s on my reading list!?)

 

Adrift at Sea included in exhibit for Pope Francis

AdriftAtSea_websiteIt is such an honour to have my picture book, Adrift at Sea included in an exhibition in Bologna, Italy on the occasion of Pope Francis’ planned visit to the city. The themes of the 200 chosen books include Peace, Work, School, and Migrants.

The exhibit catalogue can be downloaded here.

The books have been arranged on tree-like structures. Adrift at Sea has been included on the tree about Migrants. Here are photos of the exhibit:

A woman looking at Adrift at Sea

The War Below (previously: Underground Soldier)

audiobook narrated by Kyle Tait

A companion to the award-winning books Stolen Child and Making Bombs for Hitler.

Fourteen-year-old Luka works as an Ostarbeiter in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, alongside Lida from Making Bombs for Hitler. Desperate to escape the brutal conditions of the labour camp, he manages to get away by hiding in a truck under a pile of dead bodies.

Once free, Luka joins a group of Ukrainian resistance fighters. Caught between advancing Nazis in the west and Soviet troops in the east, they mount guerilla raids, help POW escapees, and do all they can to make life hard for the Nazis and Soviets. After the war, Luka must decide whether to follow Lida to Canada — or stay in Europe and search for his long-lost mother.

Underground Soldier is a companion book to Stolen Child and Making Bombs for Hitler, and a perfect entry point into the series for new readers, as the books can be read in any order.
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