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A compelling look at the seamy underside of the fashion industry, told from the perspective of a vulnerable young person ...

Reading this tense supernatural thriller set in NYC's 1980s crack epidemic is like falling down a rabbit hole and hoping, ...

What could be more Canadian than a wendigo killer and an Indigenous hockey player hero? Wry, amusing, and so entertaining ...

I can think of no author more qualified to write a book of this nature. Richard Scrimger brings his innate ...

This highly readable self-help book delves into our addictive behaviors -- what they are, how they originated and how to ...

This is a quick book surveying Russians who abandoned their country once Putin began his "special military operation" against Ukraine ...

Hrytsak takes a holistic approach, focusing on large subjects with a storytelling technique rather than relying on dry chronology. It ...

I loved Breathless and was looking forward to Midnight but didn't find that McCulloch's second novel was as strong as ...

There is a lot to like about this simple picture book. The text is precise and spare and would be ...

Narwhal's Sweet Tooth will educate its young readers about the importance of dental hygiene while entertaining all the way. Every ...

Everything about this picture book is perfect. I love the child's stubborn opening attitude and their dislike of ants, and ...

Whimsical and colourful, this picture book will spark the imagination of young readers into asking themselves a million new what-if ...

Immigrant kids learn English more quickly than their parents and so often have to translate for them. This role-reversal can ...

Megan Goldin is one of my go-to authors for fast-paced thrillers that are perfect for a long flight or to ...

This book is written by Keir Giles, who is a Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at ...

First Russia bans me, now Amazon bans me. This past summer, Amazon stripped me of reviewing privileges, both for amazon.ca ...

Emma Donahue is one of my favorite authors and the topic of this newest novel is fascinating. It's the reconstruction ...

A sobering study of just how thoroughly propagandized Russian youth are in the cult of hate and death. A must-read ...

I almost didn't read this book because of the title, but I'm glad I did. Elena Kostyuchenko fearlessly and precisely ...

I can imagine young kids going through this book time and again, poring over the pictures of people in the ...

What a beautiful book! It begins and ends with a small speckled egg, but in the middle is the life-cycle ...

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So nice to have dear Molly the maid back to solve a new murder at the Grand Hotel. Molly’s unique ...

This picture book touched me deeply. Inspired by the Cellist of Sarajevo, it's about a librarian who continues to read ...

Uplifting and deceptively simple, this picture book shows all of the things each of us CAN do ...

Clémence Michallon took the classic thriller trope of an abducted woman imprisoned in a room and turned it on its ...

I'm immersed in this book right now and am loving it. More later ...

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At the 22.32 mark of this episode of Nash Holos, Myra Junyk gives a wonderful review of Trapped in Hitler's ...

Thank you Victoria Pennell for your high praise! Here are some of my favourite quotes:   "What a powerful book!" ...

From Laura Fabiani and Sandra Olshaski on their blog Library of Clean Reads: Laura says “I highly recommend this book ...

A surprise snow storm didn't keep people away from coming to the Station Cafe on Dec 6th. We had a ...

“The text is terse and unembellished, leaving the images to capture the emotions through color and perspective—and they do so ...

Can hardly wait til Feb! ...

Dear Mr. M by Herman Koch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Herman Koch has a gift for getting a ...

I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi My rating: 5 of 5 stars Right from the first paragraph I was ...

I am THRILLED that the new US edition of Making Bombs has just shown up in Amazon.com and is available ...

Kiss of the Sun: A Thriller by R.K. Jackson My rating: 2 of 5 stars RK Jackson has good potential ...

The Boy Who Escaped Paradise: A Novel by J. M. Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars A very unusual ...

Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars A brilliant novel on so many levels -- ...

The Beauty of the End by Debbie Howells My rating: 1 of 5 stars There's a story in here somewhere ...

All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford My rating: 2 of 5 stars I felt completely detached from this story ...

The Conjoined: A Novel by Jen Sookfong Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is not a thriller but ...

Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do about It by Larry Olmsted ...

Fifteen Lanes by S.J. Laidlaw My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was an utterly absorbing novel that forced me ...

The Dead Don't Bleed by David Krugler My rating: 5 of 5 stars A rollicking enjoyable spy thriller set in ...

Karen Bass has made a name for herself by writing well-researched and page-turning historical fiction from a post-WWII German teen’s ...

The first time I visited Ukraine was in 2001. It was an amazingly fun and educational bus tour led by ...

The first time I visited Ukraine was in 2001. It was an amazingly fun and educational bus tour led by ...

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I am THRILLED that Dance of the Banished is one of three Canadian books selected for this prestigious list of ...

What an amazing week this has been. Underground Soldier has been shortlisted for the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award as well ...

I dropped off a few of my older books as a donation to the Franklin Street Little Library yesterday. Susan ...

This review made my day! The year is 1913. Zeynap and Ali are teenage lovers in Anatolia (once Asia Minor, now ...

Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey My rating: 3 of 5 stars It was an interesting choice to reveal a ...

It is thrilling to see that the United Church of Canada has digitized 128 photographic images of the Georgetown Boys ...

Random Acts by Valerie Sherrard My rating: 5 of 5 stars I got a kick out of this novel about ...

Julia Ross, you are a magnificent organizer. Speaking with Northview Students face to face while teleconferencing with another school was ...

Great students at Woodstock Christian School. Thanks, Megan Stacey for the interview, pic and article and thank you Marion Dieleman ...

Here's a group pic of the Literacy for Life presenters. We're assembled at McNally Robinson Bookstore on May 2. From ...

Thanks for the invite Caterina. It was great to meet your talented students! ...

A moving experience in Georgetown Ontario with Armenian students bussed in from all over. As I sat on a picnic ...

After my presentation at the Watertown MA Public Library last week, I was honoured to be presented with a copy ...

From this interview. Interview with Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch: Dance of the Banished and the Armenian Genocide Posted on April 23rd, 2015 by ...

It poured rain and there was even some hail as I lugged my books plus a large object in a ...

I was honoured to present at St Stephen's Armenian Elementary School in Watertown MA last week. Before speaking to the ...

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Got this lovely message from a Vancouver teacher today, and she sent me this jpg of the book with the ...

Thank you, Karen Upper, for creating this amazing trailer! ...

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Check out this School Library Journal Teen column! SKRYPUCH, Marsha Forchuk. Dance of the Banished. 288p. Pajama Press. ISBN 9781927485651. JLG ...

Thank you, Helen Norrie, for the lovely review: Brantford, Ont. author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch has written a number of books ...

"It is June 1913, when Ali breaks the news to his fiancée Zeynep that he will be leaving their Anatolian ...

Goodreads reviews for Dance of the Banished Reviews from Goodreads.com ...

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Goodreads reviews for Stolen Child Reviews from Goodreads.com ...

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Goodreads reviews for Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War Reviews from Goodreads.com ...

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From Voya Magazine: Skrypuch ... has created an absorbing glimpse into a dark period in world history and the human ...

It was fun being the YA columnist at the Winnipeg Review for the last few years, and now I've handed ...

Here's an article that I wrote a few years ago about the Montreal parishioners who were interned at Spirit Lake Internment ...

A merry postal elf just dropped off a box filled with author copies of Making Bombs, in French! ...

Underground Soldier is a STARRED selection for CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens! Stolen Child and Making Bombs for ...

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Library Ladies extraordinaire Karen Upper and JoAnne Richards invited Natalie Hyde and myself up to the Parry Sound area for ...

Wow! Speak about thorough and enthusiastic review! Thank you, Libris Notes! My favourite quote is this: "Dance of the Banished ...

Children’s Book Review: Dance of the Banished Posted October 10, 2014 & filed under Children's Book Reviews In Dance of the Banished, acclaimed author, Marsha ...

Thank you, Melanie, for this great interview! An Interview with Marsha Skrypuch Posted on October 10, 2014by Melanie Fishbane Marsha Skrypuch and I have a ...

Gotta say, this made my day: ...

What a thrill it was to see all the cars and buses pulling up to the theatre as I snuck ...

Two more Thin Air presentations, this time without booming sounds. GREAT kids in the audience once again, with awesome questions ...

The above pic is how I spent Wednesday morning. Here's a write up about it. For this first session, I ...

This post was originally published on Brenda Kearns' blog here. Most people will say that fiction is fake and non-fiction ...

Erin Woods of Pajama Press came in early on the train so I picked her up and took her to ...

Erin Woods of Pajama Press and freelance publicist Kim Therriault were both on hand to help out with the book ...

What an honour it was to be part of the wave of plaque unveilings across the country on Friday at ...

Check this out -- TWO maps, French flaps, the word Banished is in turquoise foil and breathtaking landscape painting by ...

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Thank you, Breanne Bannerman, for this lovely review! ...

Thank you, Stella Papadopoulos, for inviting me to be a part of this writing process blog tour. Stella is a ...

All sorts of last minute changes with the launch of this book tour. My husband was originally going to fly ...

After presenting to two FABULOUS groups of OLOL students, Marisa guided me to a lovely restaurant that was between her ...

The interview can be found on Christine Kohler's website here ...

I am thrilled that Manitoba students have chosen Making Bombs for Hitler as their Manitoba Young Readers' Choice winner for ...

When Mama Goes to Work Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author Jessica Phillips, illustrator Fitzhenry & Whiteside 311 Washington Street, Brighton, MA ...

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by Michelle Ruby, Brantford Expositor. The release of the third book in a Second World War trilogy by city author ...

Thanks, Karen Upper, for this great photo of my signing at the OLA Bookstore at the OLA Superconference! I am ...

"The Best Gifts" is a lovely book about precious gifts of love and life from loving parents to each other ...

It was a fun and busy time at the OLA Superconference. It started bright and early with the Forest of ...

________________ CM . . . . Volume XX Number 20. . . .January 24, 2014 When Mama Goes to Work ...

Underground Soldier officially hit store shelves on January 1, 2014 and I have been on pins and needles, waiting for ...

This interview used to be available on the Chapters-Indigo site, but it was recently removed, so I am posting it ...

The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love everything about The Stowaways -- from the ...

Every one of Valerie Sherrard's books have delighted me, and what impresses me the most is that she's able to ...

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I am THRILLED that Making Bombs for Hitler has been shortlisted for the Kobzar Literary Award. Congratulations to my fellow ...

Our Friendly Local Terrorist by Mary Jo Leddy My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is a must-read for ...

Here is an interview about what it meant to me to win the Silver Birch award last year for Making ...

It was a pleasure to attend Alexis O'Neill's book launch! As I waited in the long lineup for autographs, I ...

Here's my mom holding the very first copy of the new edition of The Best Gifts with wonderful artwork by ...

Marsha Skrypuch, author of two books on the internment and internee descendant will be giving a reading and presentation on ...

Columns By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch The painting that graces the cover of The White Bicycle was created by a critically ...

Thank you, Marilyn, for sending these pics. There's nothing more exciting than meeting avid readers! ...

Congratulations to all of my fellow nominees! Here's the list ...

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices 2013 Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War. U.S. edition: Pajama ...

Such a lovely honour for Last Airlift! Here is the complete list ...

“Skrypuch’s Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War (rev. 9/12) told the dramatic story of eight-year-old Tuyet’s 1975 rescue ...

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. (2013). One step at a time: A Vietnamese child finds her way. Toronto, Ontario, CA: Pajama Press ...

The endless quest for exposure Posted by Layla Bozich on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 The Sputnik. How one author brings ...

That's Another Story blog here. I couldn’t put this book down! Whenever I read about life in a work or ...

Here's a segment from the December 22, 2012 edition of Kontakt TV taped during the launch of Making Bombs for ...

My CANSCAIP Interview with: Denise Anderson, Director of Marketing and Publicity, Scholastic Canada How did you become the director of ...

From my Winnipeg Review column: Paul Yee is best known for his works about early Canadian Chinese immigrants, like his ...

A lovely way to begin a new year! Just found out that Last Airlift is one of 5 Cybils finalists ...

From The Winnipeg Review: By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch In the spirit of December gift-giving, I asked my fellow children’s authors ...

http://www.winnipegreview.com/wp/2012/11/it-takes-a-village-as-applied-to-ya-fiction/ Posted: NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Columns, The Winnipeg Review By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch I find it lonely being one of the ...

Resource Links Volume 18, Number 1 October, 2012 SKRYPUCH, Marsha Forchuk One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds ...

Thursday, November, 08, 2012 - 1:01:00 AM The Book Shelf – Nov. 8 Making Bombs for Hitler, By Marsha Forchuk ...

Wartime novels offer insight By Fran Ashdown, North Shore NewsNovember 7, 2012 Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Skrypuch (Scholastic ...

CANSCAIP Interview with Pajama Press editor, Ann Featherstone How did you become an editor? I did my undergraduate degree in ...

Originally published in The Winnipeg Review. If you are an author, summertime is a time with deadlines looming in the ...

Here's my Winnipeg Review interview with Linda Bailey: For the picture book crowd, there are few more beloved dogs than ...

Here is my interview, originally published in The Winnipeg Review: Don Aker is one of those authors who has a ...

CANSCAIP Spotlight: Marsha Skrypuch Interviewed by CANSCAIP Liaison Officer Debbie Spring Introduction Marsha Skrypuch is a member of both CANSCAIP ...

Check out my interview with Don Aker in the Winnipeg Review ...

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the award-winning author of historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books for children and young adults. Pajama ...

I recently did an interview about how I wrote One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds her Way ...

Across the Universe by Beth Revis My rating: 5 of 5 stars Distopian? SF? YA? Yes and no to all ...

Cape Town by Brenda Hammond A beautifully written novel about a teen from a conservative Afrikaans family in pre-Mandela South ...

Info Tuyet has found a loving family at last. Life in a strange new country presents many challenges for the ...

Here. Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Scholastic Canada, 186 pages, $8.99) Skrypuch gives us another compelling tale ...

Check it out here. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is one of those mega-award-winning Canadian authors (with more than a dozen titles) ...

Check it out here. In Making Bombs for Hitler, a Ukrainian woman warns 8-year-old Lida in the cattle car transporting ...

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"Skrypuch tells the story of the last Canadian airlift through the memories of one child, Son Thi Anh Tuyet. Nearly ...

Couriers must have really been backed up with the Christmas season. I have been waiting for my author copies since ...

Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante My rating: 5 of 5 stars I consumed this novel in a matter of ...

Loved this book. Catherine the Great was a bundle of contradictions. A brilliant mind and a great manipulator. Robert Massie's ...

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The Brant News by Colleen Toms November 24, 2011 Flipping through the pages of Brantford author Marsha Skrypuch’s newest book, The ...

The Forgotten Garden is a deliciously complex tale that begins in 1913 with a four year old girl abandoned on ...

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Redbreast transcends its genre. The story shifts between ...

The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you haven't discovered Swedish crime sensation Camilla ...

Sanctus by Simon Toyne My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a rip-roaring and entertaining novel! Imagine Dan Brown with ...

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Laura Lippman novels but this ...

Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well worth reading! A great premise for a novel ...