A review by bookscatcoffee
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was an incredible read!  I loved how the story was woven together with alternating chapters of three young teens, in two different time periods, trying to survive.  I had never heard of the Holodomor before, and I’m so glad that this author told her family’s story.  Highly recommend reading the Author’s Note and looking at an image of the Bitter Memory of Childhood.  Definitely worth reading!  5 stars

Middle grade historical fiction about the Ukrainian Holodomor

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death