Holodomor – Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

One Death: commemorating the Holodomor

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Stalin’s murder of millions, a reading about a single death from Winterkill.

Marsha talks about her picture book, Enough

The history behind the book, and what happened to Marsha once the book was published.

War Fiction: Writing stories that haven’t been told

I have a guest post on Ethical ELA: conversations on the ethics of teaching English. Topics: the Armenian Genocide and the Holodomor and I write about them.

You can read it here:

http://www.ethicalela.com/warfiction/

Enough

This story, set during the Famine of the 1930s, tells of a young girl’s attempts to save her village from starvation. Marusia’s ingenuity gives her the opportunity to go on a magical journey to the North American Prairies to find more food for her village. Generosity triumphs over greed in this spirited Ukrainian folktale.
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