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The Lost Year
by Katherine Marsh
In this middle grade novel, in her characteristic way, Katherine Marsh tells stories from various characters and different timelines to draw attention to historical events in ways that will feel relevant to children.
The story centers around Matthew, a New Jersey teenager in 2020 at the height of COVID isolation; Matthew's 100-year-old great grandmother has been moved out of the nursing home into their home in hopes of keeping her safe. Matthew struggles to connect with her, while feeling cut off from friends and classmates. He decides to use journalistic techniques to learn more of her story. In interchanging storylines, we dive into 1930s New York and Ukraine, learning about the famine Holodomor that impacted his great grandmother.
Teachers would find this a valuable classroom read, as students will resonate with Matthew's experience of virtual learning, as well as get a glimpse of how a famine was hidden from the world through propaganda.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)
The story centers around Matthew, a New Jersey teenager in 2020 at the height of COVID isolation; Matthew's 100-year-old great grandmother has been moved out of the nursing home into their home in hopes of keeping her safe. Matthew struggles to connect with her, while feeling cut off from friends and classmates. He decides to use journalistic techniques to learn more of her story. In interchanging storylines, we dive into 1930s New York and Ukraine, learning about the famine Holodomor that impacted his great grandmother.
Teachers would find this a valuable classroom read, as students will resonate with Matthew's experience of virtual learning, as well as get a glimpse of how a famine was hidden from the world through propaganda.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)