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#Author of 20+ books for kids #bannedbyrussia. Upcoming trilogy: Kidnapped from #Ukraine: Under Attack, Jan 2025, 2: Standoff, fall 2025, 3: Still Alive, Jan 2026. Scholastic. Agent: CookeMcDermid www.calla.com
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This is what Russia is about to get away with. #UkraineWar

Brilliant! This book will appeal to young readers who feel that they are different, and also to readers who are passionate about art. Many young readers will find themselves in these pages. #FrancesLincoln #KidsBooks #nonfiction NetGalley #yayoikusama πŸ“šπŸ‘πŸΌ

A simple, poignant picture book that deals with aging and friendship. Kids with elderly loved ones will be entertained by the story, but will also gain perspective about the ever-evolving nature of lifelong bonds. #BerbayPublishing #LIzMurray #WalidSerageldine #picturebook #book #kidsbook

My goodness, this shepherdess is busy! Fascinating all that goes into making a single wheel of cheese.. A quick book wiith spare text and engaging illustrations. Everyone who is curious will enjoy this book. #Helvetiq #MarionBrand #Netgalley #books #kidsbooks #nonfiction

Thanks Scholastic Canada for this interview about writing Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack. www2.scholastic.ca/scholasticbl...

Putin's Revenge by Lucian Kim gives insight into how off the radar Ukraine was for American presidents following the fall of the Soviet Union. So much attention and fawning to the failed state of Russia. So much blindness to the promise of Ukraine. #Netgalley #LucianKim #Ukraine

The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber. A horrifying and illuminating NF of 3 cases of Munchausen by proxy written by an investigator and an author whose own family had been rocked by MBP. @stmartinspress.bsky.social #netgalley #books #read #nonfiction

Gripping novel of a French noblewoman in the 1500s marooned on a remote polar island at the edge of New France. This is one darned fantastic read. #books #historicalfiction @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #NetGalley

It was a pleasure to celebrate World Read Aloud Day with you!!

I love Taylor Swift's words as much as her music so this book, which analyses her songs as poetry, is right up my alley. A perfect read. #NetGalley Andrews McMeel Publishing #reading #music #poetry

@deborahkalb.bsky.social thanks for the great interview! #kidlit #mglit #Ukrainewar deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/01/q-wi...

In β€˜2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ Oscar winner takes viewers back to Ukraine’s frontlines The day Mstyslav Chernov won the BAFTA for his documentary β€œ20 Days in Mariupol” was the day he learned 2 soldiers he knew had been killed in combat. They were subjects of his new film apnews.com/article/ukra...

The Oscars go pro-genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bTS...

We Do Not Part. Han Kang. There is much to like about this novel, but in the end, I was underwhelmed, although I liked the tie between the two main characters who came together to reveal stories of the past and became inseparable friends, even in death. #wedonotpart #hankang #books #reading

Just got my author copies of the Romanian-English edition of Making Bombs for Hitler, for readers in Romania and Moldova. Isn't she beautiful? Thank you, Scholastic Canada and Booklet Fiction. #Kidlit/YA #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #mglit

These just arrived at the Ryan homestead. I am in awe of the courage of combat medics like @bekamaciorowski.bsky.social and the many others who save the lives of Ukrainian troops on the frontline every day. Thank you @philippreese-ch.bsky.social for your efforts to support Beka & her soldiers.

Today Ukraine honors the "cyborg" defenders of Donetsk airport, who endured 242 grueling days of fighting against Russia's forces before the battle concluded on Jan 20, 2015. πŸ“Έ: My pic through the scope of a Ukrainian soldier on Jan 18, 2022, a few hundred meters from the ruins of the new terminal.

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My new book, Under Attack, book one of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy is a Loanstar top pick! This means it's one of the most requested library books for this month! #Ukraine #mglit www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2025/1/...

Thank you, Christina Consolino, for the perceptive questions. #mglit #UkraineWar #scholastic christinaconsolino.com/2025/01/13/a...

I enjoyed Leave No Trace very much. Jo Callaghan has created a surprisingly likable character in Locke, an AI assistant who grows emotionally and intellectually the more he's around people. I tend not to like series detective novels, but Locke and Kat have grown on me. #randomhouse

this is downright medieval

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Did my first two virtual #schoolvisits for 2025 with Riverside ES in GA! Talked about, Under Attack, bk 1 of Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy, set in #Ukraine now. Talked about my dyslexia, empathy, war. #mglit #ireadcanadian #authors

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Thanks for the great review. And yes: a just end to this war is what we need.

Thank you @crackingthecover.bsky.social for the wonderful review! #kidlit #Ukrainewar www.crackingthecover.com/25083/marsha...

Launching #UnderAttack in Toronto ON at Koota Ooma Bookstore and Gifts. Jan 29, 6:15pm. Book #1 of #KidnappedfromUkraine trilogy. #IReadCanadian #Ukraine #mglit #books #kidlit

My new #mglit novel, Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack, book 1, is showing as a #1 new release on Amazon.com in the audio edition. Shattering to write this, but I want readers to feel what it's like to wake up to war on your doorstep. #scholastic #Ukraine

This is heartbreaking.

Water Songs by #MandyRoss and #SamRudd can be read one poem at a time or in one big gulp. I like the science aspect combined with wordplay. A great resource for teaching kids about the cycle of water. #netgalley πŸ“šπŸ‘πŸΌ #kidlit

A Kyiv torte from my local Freshco! Very excited!

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Robert Harris creates a crisp and compelling based-on-true-events thriller. British PM Asquith's obsession with a woman just as the Great War begins threatens to spill all sorts of state secrets. Well researched. Great read. #historicalthriller #historicalfiction @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Got an email from a young reader today who has read all my #Ukraine #Scholastic #historical #thriller #mglit novels and wants to know what to read while waiting for Jan, when my next book comes out. Here's what I suggested. Swimming with Spies #scholastic

‼️ Zelensky: We all know Putin very well – he is sick warmonger. He began his career with a brutal war against Chechnya and is constantly inciting other wars. He can only be stopped by force, the force of world leaders. We are counting on America and the whole world to stop Putin.

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Just yesterday, Yale released their findings about Russia extensive kidnapping of Ukrainian kids. My novel, Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack is about that crime. It will be published in January. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Kj...

Happy Book Birthday to Chrystyna K. Lucyk-Berger for her FABULOUS Swimming with Spies! An Amazon editors' pick, and starred selection by School Library Journal. A tightly written thriller for kids set in 2014, when Russia's current war in Ukraine actually started. πŸ“šπŸ‘πŸΌ #mglit