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I got to read the backmatter for the Scholastic audiobook edition of Standoff, book #2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. Melanie Gagnon, the producer, arranged for me to do the recording at Catherine North Studios in Hamilton. Thanks, Emma Whale, producer/engineer for making the session such a great experience! This is the 8th time that I got to read my own backmatter!
Thrilled to reveal the cover for book #3, to be published on April 21, 2026!
Here are all three books:
This morning I did another presentation with St Sophia Religious Assn of Ukrainian Catholics, USA (Philadelphia). This audience was two 10th grade classes. Thank you so much for the invitation!
It was such a pleasure to speak with 5th grade students from Roberts Elementary in Suwanee GA on Good Friday morning. Virtually visiting Roberts has become something of an annual tradition! Here are pics from one of the participating classes. Students asked thoughtful questions and made good connections between my WWII novels and Under Attack: Kidnapped from Ukraine, set during Putin’s current war on Ukraine.
It was nice to visit with grade 7 and 8 students at Hickson Central today! I had passed right by the school in January on my way to Stratford Christian. On that day it was minus 25C. Today it was a balmy 6.5C, so I didn’t bother with a coat (or socks!)
Loved the good questions and the one-on-one with students at the end. Thank you, Mrs. Van Wyk, for the invite.
It was so nice to visit with St. Vincent ES students and discuss overcoming personal challenges, empathy and compassion, World War II and the war in Ukraine. Students had lots of questions about Making Bombs for Hitler, Stolen Girl and The War Below.
A few weeks ago, Paulette MacQuarrie interviewed myself and Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger for her podcast about our middle-grade novels set during Russia’s war on Ukraine. This is an abridged video version.
I had such a wonderful visit with 5th grade students from Craig Elementary School in Georgia who were reading Making Bombs for Hitler and studying WWII. We compared the connections of what happened then and what is happening now with Russia’s war on Ukraine. We talked about revisions, research, and movies in your head. Check out these pics!
