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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

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born

December 12, 1954 in Brantford Ontario, Canada

gender

female

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http://www.calla.com

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Children's Books, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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July 2007

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Marsha has received numerous awards and honours for her picture books and young adult novels, including a nomination for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year in 2007. Marsha has penned the bestselling Dear Canada book, Prisoners in the Promised Land.

In 2008, Marsha was awarded the Order of Princess Olha by the Ukranian President, in recognition of her story, Enough, which described the great Ukranian famine that claimed millions of lives in the 1930s.

Surprisingly, up until the fourth grade, Marsha did not know how to read! She says that after she failed a provincial test, she taught herself how to read with Oliver Twist – and it took her a year to complete. Ever since, Marsha read as many books as she could get her hands on, an...more

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dystopian YA

Check out the column I wrote for the Winnipeg Review about dystopian YA fiction:

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Books by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Average rating: 4.08 · 416 ratings · 64 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Daughter of War 3.80 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Stolen Child 4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Nobody's Child 4.35 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Hunger 3.53 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hope's War 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Making Bombs for Hitler 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Enough by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Goodreads Author), Michael Martchenko (Illustrations) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Silver Threads by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Goodreads Author), Michael Martchenko (Illustrations) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:

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Marsha liked Mary M.'s review of Making Bombs for Hitler: " "Making Bombs For Hitler" by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch will take you into a world that you could never imagine was real. How could such cruelty to fellow human beings exist? Although, "Making Bombs for Hitler" is a fictional account of young Lida's... " Read more of this review »
May 27, 2012 03:39pm · see review
Marsha marked as to-read: The Remains of War: Surviving the Other Concentration Camps of World War II by G. Pauline Kok-Schurgers (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 29, 2012 01:19pm
Marsha liked Gabriele Goldstone's review of The Remains of War: " This book was a real page turner. It's a memoir of a nine-year-old Dutch girl's survival during WWII in Sumatra, Indonesia. I had no idea that Dutch civilians lost their freedom over there. But then, I had no idea that the Dutch even had their peo... " Read more of this review »
Apr 29, 2012 01:19pm · see review
Marsha made a comment on her review of The Preacher (Patrik Hedström, #2) "Thanks backatya, Mary! I am always on the lookout as well! "
Apr 18, 2012 01:19pm · see review
Marsha gave to: The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception by Robin Gaby Fisher (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
Too strange to be fiction. Makes you wonder how some people can live with themselves.
Apr 15, 2012 09:02pm · see review
Marsha gave to: Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder read in March, 2012	My rating:
Not as gruesome as some of her earlier novels. Well written and gruesome enough.
Apr 15, 2012 08:57pm · see review
Marsha gave to: The Preacher (Patrik Hedström, #2) by Camilla Läckberg read in March, 2012	My rating:
I've read the Lackberg novels all out of order and it doesn't matter. They're consistently entertaining and well written.
Apr 15, 2012 08:55pm · see review
Marsha gave to: A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
I inhaled this novel. A stunning debut!
Apr 15, 2012 08:53pm · see review
Marsha gave to: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
An intriguing page-turner. Quite the feat for a first time author.
Apr 15, 2012 08:52pm · see review