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Further Details Title: The Lost Year Condition: New Subtitle: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine EAN: 9781250909305 ISBN: 9781250909305 Publisher: Square Fish Format: Paperback Release Date: 07/01/2024 Description: Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mum has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation.But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother's belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present-day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marsh's latest novel sheds fresh light on the Holodomor - the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians, and which the Soviet government covered up for decades.Inspired by Marsh's own family history, The Lost Year is an incredibly timely, page-turning story of family, survival, and sacrifice. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 193mm Item Length: 130mm Item Width: 26mm Author: Katherine Marsh Genre: Children's Books Release Year: 2024 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.