The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh with Maria Skliarova (Illustrator)

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
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From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 269 reviews

Moods

emotional 86%
sad 75%
informative 62%
reflective 50%
challenging 35%
inspiring 33%
hopeful 28%
dark 27%
tense 19%
mysterious 15%
adventurous 10%

Pace

medium 74%
fast 21%
slow 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 65% | Character: 21% | Plot: 12%

Strong character development?

Yes: 94% | It's complicated: 5%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 54% | No: 26% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 40% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 27% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

4.53

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