Tag: Ukrainian

Seeing stars for Standoff!

What a wonderful book birthday present from School Library Journal. Not just such quotable quotes like these:

“brilliantly written”
“sensitive portrayal of the reality facing innocent children and families in a war zone”
“historically accurate quotes and events interwoven”
“VERDICT Purchase for all middle grade shelves.”

But a STAR. Full review here.

Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival

What an amazing Festival! It was so nice to see so many old friends and present books one and two of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy at the Speakers’ Corner.

Loved having kids from Act & Shine Kids’ Acting Studio read the opening pages of Under Attack, book #1 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy today at the BWV Toronto Ukrainian Festival.
I read and spoke, but unlike these talented kids, I neither sang nor danced!
t was nice to see Valentina Kuryliw today at the BWV Toronto Ukrainian Festival. I had the honour of working with Valentina’s Holodomor Research and Education Consortium – HREC in 2022/2023 when my Holodomor novel, Winterkill was brand new. In addition to my directly booked presentations. HREC funded 30 extra virtual visits with underfunded schools, meaning I was able to educate thousands more students who otherwise might not have known about this genocide, which in many ways is a precursor to what Putin is doing now in Ukraine. 

Standoff #1 new release!

Standoff, book 2 of my #KidnappedfromUkraine trilogy just popped up as number one for hot new releases in its category on both Amazon.com and Amazon.ca today. Standoff will be published on Oct 7th. Book 3 is also number 5 on the dot com site and 3 on the dot ca site. Readers of Under Attack, book one, have commented that reading it helped them understand on a visceral level what it’s like to be a kid in Ukraine right now.