Marsha Skrypuch
@marshaskrypuch.bsky.social
internationally bestselling MG author #bannedbyrussia. Kidnapped from #Ukraine trilogy: Under Attack, 2: Standoff, 3: Still Alive. Scholastic. Agent: Ron Eckel, CookeMcDermid www.calla.com
Thank you for this wonderful review, Helen!!
Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚@hkubiw.bsky.social · 2mo agoSTILL ALIVE is the last bk in @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social KIDNAPPED FROM UKRAINE series from Scholastic. While the nature of the story may be disheartening, she heartens it with a narrative of families, made & found, & hope for a new future. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/06/stil... 👍🇨🇦📚
STILL ALIVE is the last bk in @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social KIDNAPPED FROM UKRAINE series from Scholastic. While the nature of the story may be disheartening, she heartens it with a narrative of families, made & found, & hope for a new future. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/06/stil... 👍🇨🇦📚
Two authors discuss their new YA novels. "Kidnapped From Ukraine: Under Attack" by Marsha Skrypuch about a family separated in 2022 Mariupol. "Swimming with Spies" by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger about Ukraine's dolphins in 2014 Crimea. Today at 11am PST on CHLY 101.7fm or stream at chly.ca #UkrainianView
For insight on the horror these kids experience, check out YA novel Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack by Marsha Skrypuch. It's a gripping story with mind-blowing details based on real events. I was fortunate to interview the author. The link if interested www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hEv...
Kidnapped From Ukraine and Swimming With Spies - A chat with the authors of two new novels
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In „Standoff (Kidnapped from Ukraine, 2)“ erzählt die ukrainisch-kanadische Autorin Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch die Geschichte der zwölfjährigen Zwillingsschwestern Rada und Dariia Popkova, die im Februar 2022 mitten in den russischen Angriff auf Mariupol geraten. Während der 13/32
1. “Don’t Tell the Nazis” is by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. It is MG historical----not exactly fiction. The author's note at the end says it is inspired by the true story of Kateryna Sikorska and her daughter Krystia. It is set in Ukraine during World War 2.
Today's second book was much better. A young adult story about Ukranian children kept as slaves by the Nazis during WW2. I seem to recall some mild controversy about this book, but can't find anything about it. If you know, please tell me! #books #booksky #bskybooks #fiction
"I'M DOING MY PART!"...𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 👍
A successful triple-book launch with @anna_rosner_and_bookswithwings @lornasn & @skrypuch at Mable's Fables in Toronto! Last Year with Maddy is available now at your local bookstore, library, and online! @mablesfablesbookstore #MiddleGrade #Arts #Poetry #Music #friendship
It was a great zoomchat!
Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com · 3mo agoInspiring, uplifting PAL Shop Talk today, organized via SCBWI Canada East. 🇨🇦📚 #KidLit #YALit #CanKidLit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana... @rosemarymosco.com @oksanna.bsky.social @erinalladin.bsky.social @analene.bsky.social @lsteinberg.bsky.social
Inspiring, uplifting PAL Shop Talk today, organized via SCBWI Canada East. 🇨🇦📚 #KidLit #YALit #CanKidLit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana... @rosemarymosco.com @oksanna.bsky.social @erinalladin.bsky.social @analene.bsky.social @lsteinberg.bsky.social
So excited to launch my next middle-grade book, Last Year with Maddy, with two wonderful authors! April 21st at Mabel's Fables in Toronto. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social
Come celebrate with us! Three Canadian women and their new books for young people! A triple book launch at Mabel's Fables, Toronto, on April 21 at 6:30pm. #booksky #Ireadcanadian #mglit
Page-turner/unusual plot. I loved the unfolding of who Ben really is, why he is abruptly fired from his job and why people are being blown up on a racing subway because of his presence. Unexpected backstory and twists, and satisfying ending. #booksky #bookbirthday #Netgalley #StMartinsPress
Feeding my addiction! Just wrote two more pysanky today. Here are all that I've made so far in 2026.
#booksky Elizabeth Berg's new book, Life: A Love Story, is a poignant read. Sentimental, down to earth, filled with life lessons. You will weep, but it will be a good weep. #Netgalley #RandomHouse.
Gut-punching and true. #Bucha is a must watch movie based on true events during the first weeks of Russia's war on Ukraine. Not an easy watch but ultimately uplifting. #Ukrainewar
These Are the Fireworks by Vicki Grant. At the beginning, the reader is plunged in off-kilter and can't help but read on. As the layers peel away, the true crime reveals itself and the resolution is oh-so satisfying on so many levels. #Canlit #Netgalley #Nimbus #VagrantPress #booksky
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the only children’s author in Canada to be banned by Russia.
Marsha Skrypuch@marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is Freedom to Read Week and the 4th and 12th anniversaries of Russia's genocidal war on Ukraine When books are banned, we can know them. But when the author is killed, their voice is silenced. #booksky #Ukraine www.lecarmichael.ca/2026/02/free...
This is Freedom to Read Week and the 4th and 12th anniversaries of Russia's genocidal war on Ukraine When books are banned, we can know them. But when the author is killed, their voice is silenced. #booksky #Ukraine www.lecarmichael.ca/2026/02/free...
Freedom to Read Week: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Freedom to Read Week is a time to remember and preserve our intellectual right to read any book we wish to. But if the book doesn’t exist, how do we know what we don’t know? Since Russia launched it...
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Heather Marshall's enthralling novel set in 1960s Toronto is about a journalist who gets herself into a women's prison so she can document the injustices, but then has trouble getting out. A must read! #booksky #Canadian #canlit #Penguin Random House Canada #Netgalley
#booksky In signature style of Anna Quindlen, the reader is emotionally captivated by the complex lives of regular people as she delves into the question of family, friendship and what is required for a fulfilling life. #netgally #RandomHouse
Thanks for the great interview, Paulette!!
Paulette aka Pawlina@pawlina.bsky.social · 5mo agoRecently spoke with Canadian author @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social about her Kidnapped From Ukraine 3-book YA series, based on a Mariupol family's real-life experiences of russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Fascinating insights into the war & writing about it. shows.acast.com/nashholos/ep...
#booksky Just published by #AtriaBooks, Adrift by Will Dean. Oh my goodness, this was a tense, anxiety-provoking page-turner! Must read more Will Dean!
thanks for the great interview, Paulette!
Paulette aka Pawlina@pawlina.bsky.social · 6mo agoHuge thanks to @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social for a terrific interview about her “Kidnapped from Ukraine” trilogy about a Mariupol family in 2022. Catch it on Nash Holos: 6pm PST Sat Feb 21 on AM1320 CHMB am1320.com & 11amPST Wed Feb 25 on CHLY 101.7FM chly.ca. Or on MixCloud. #Ukraine #Books #Standoff
This novel is set post-WWII, but everything old, alas, is new again. #booksky #Ukraine stepoutsummit.substack.com/p/traitors-a...
Traitors Among Us
Refugee "Repatriation"
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World Read Aloud Day #WRAD started a bit early for me this year, as last night at 11pm I met with 4th grade students from Tashkent International School to talk about Adrift at Sea, about Tuan Ho's perilous escape from Vietnam. @pajamapressbooks #ireadcanadian #booksky
