{"id":3417,"date":"2017-10-21T17:25:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:42:19","slug":"underground-soldier-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/underground-soldier-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Below (previously: Underground Soldier)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3417 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-war-below-cover-reveal\/war_below_cvr_2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/war_below_cvr_2.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/myrca-and-marsha\/underground\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-191x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"underground\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-1200x1883.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/underground-soldier-3\/clandest\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clandest-191x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clandest-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clandest-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clandest.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_10681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10681\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/warbelowaudiobook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10681 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/warbelowaudiobook-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/warbelowaudiobook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/warbelowaudiobook-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/warbelowaudiobook.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">audiobook narrated by Kyle Tait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A companion to the award-winning books<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>Stolen Child<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>Making Bombs for Hitler<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 or stay in Europe and search for his long-lost mother.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingbooks.net\/ql3o2px\">Here\u2019s an audio interview<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>with Marsha about<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>Underground Soldier<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>from<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingbooks.net\/\">TeachingBooks.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Praise for Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkrypuch succeeds in making some of the more horrific and lesser-known events of the Second World War accessible and engaging for younger readers.\u201d \u2014Quill &amp; Quire (for Stolen Child)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn achingly sad and intensely hopeful novel \u2014 honest about suffering, but also about resilience. It is gripping in its plot and its striking characters, and full of historical accuracy.\u201d \u2014Canadian Children\u2019s Book News (for Making Bombs for Hitler)<br \/>\nAbout the Author<br \/>\nMARSHA FORCHUK SKRYPUCH is well-known for her award-winning historical fiction and non-fiction. Her novel Stolen Child was a CLA Book of the Year nominee and won the prestigious SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. The companion book, Making Bombs for Hitler, was an OLA Silver Birch Award Winner. Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/excerpt-underground-soldier\/\"><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreads-widget\">\n<div id=\"gr_header\">\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20419063-underground-soldier\">Underground Soldier<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"the_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/api\/reviews_widget_iframe?did=DEVELOPER_ID&amp;format=html&amp;header_text=Underground+Soldier&amp;isbn=9781443124379&amp;links=660&amp;min_rating=&amp;num_reviews=&amp;review_back=ffffff&amp;stars=000000&amp;stylesheet=&amp;text=444\" width=\"575\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"gr_footer\"><a class=\"gr_branding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20419063-underground-soldier?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=reviews_widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reviews from Goodreads.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A companion to the award-winning books\u00a0Stolen Child\u00a0and\u00a0Making 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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/underground-soldier-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The War Below (previously: Underground Soldier)&#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":[425,426,623,286,284,285],"tags":[53,7,184,51],"class_list":["post-3417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-books","category-canadian-books","category-ukrainian-themed-books","category-underground-soldier","category-world-war-ii","category-world-war-ii-trilogy","tag-holocaust","tag-ukrainian","tag-world-war-ii","tag-wwii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417","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=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10683,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions\/10683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}