A review by jenmangler
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

3.0

This would be a good fictional introduction to the Holodomor for middle grades readers, but it's not the best YA/middle grades fiction book on the subject I've read. I would have appreciated more detail and depth in the historical sections of the book. I get why the twist was in there but I don't think it was necessary and added a soap opera-y element that detracted from the power of both Mila & Nadiya's experiences. And I'm not sure how I feel with it being tied into the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic through Matthew's experiences.