{"id":10002,"date":"2025-05-15T18:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:53:46","slug":"cover-reveal-for-kidnapped-from-ukraine-3-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/cover-reveal-for-kidnapped-from-ukraine-3-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped from Ukraine #3: Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover-1410x2048.jpg 1410w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StillAlive_FinalFrontCover.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This gripping, accessible novel by celebrated Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch follows two sisters as they struggle to survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12-year-old twin sisters Rada and Dariia Popkova couldn\u2019t be more different. Dariia is outgoing and chatty while Rada is quieter and artsy. But what they have in common is their love for each other and their home. The family lives in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is attacked by the Russians on Feb 24th, 2022. The attack separates the family &#8212; Dariia is with her mom and Rada with her dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thrilling conclusion to this trilogy will have readers reaching for tissues on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Throughout the poignant story, the Popkova family meets many people they grow to care about\u2014individuals who work collectively to support Ukraine\u2019s war efforts by making drones, creating camouflage nets, and decorating pysanky eggs to sell on Etsy to raise money for supplies. Additionally, \u00adUkrainian citizens work together to care for stray pets displaced from their families.&#8221; <strong>Starred Review<\/strong>, <strong><em>School Library Journal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read an excerpt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/excerpt-still-alive\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This gripping, accessible novel by celebrated Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch follows two sisters as they struggle to survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. 12-year-old twin sisters Rada and Dariia Popkova couldn\u2019t be more different. Dariia is outgoing and chatty while Rada is quieter and artsy. But what they have in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/cover-reveal-for-kidnapped-from-ukraine-3-still-alive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kidnapped from Ukraine #3: Still Alive&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,262,623],"tags":[864,353,7],"class_list":["post-10002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canadian-books","category-news-stories","category-ukrainian-themed-books","tag-kidnapped-from-ukraine","tag-scholastic","tag-ukrainian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10002"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10373,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002\/revisions\/10373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}