Summary
When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi... Full description
Summary: |
When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question: who is she, and where was she stolen from. |
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Item Description: |
First published in Canada as Stolen Child by Scholastic Canada Ltd. |
Physical Description: |
194 pages ; 20 cm |
ISBN: |
9781338233049 1338233041 9781338538717 1338538713 |
Author Notes: |
MARSHA FORCHUK SKRYPUCH is a Ukrainian Canadian author acclaimed for her nonfiction and historical fiction, including Making Bombs for Hitler ( Faire des bombes pour Hitler ), The War Below ( Soldat clandestin ), Stolen Child ( Enfant volée,et ), and Don't Tell the Enemy ( Ne dis rien l'ennemi ). Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario, and you can visit her online at www.calla.com. . |