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Marsha Skrypuch

@marshaskrypuch.bsky.social

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internationally bestselling MG author #bannedbyrussia. Kidnapped from #Ukraine trilogy: Under Attack, Jan 2025, 2: Standoff, fall 2025, 3: Still Alive, April 2026. Scholastic. Agent: Ron Eckel, CookeMcDermid www.calla.com

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 2d

Just arrived today! Can't wait to read Book 2 in this trilogy by @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social about a #Ukrainian family in #Mariupol separated by the #UkraineWar in 2022. #books
#kidlit #writers #UkrainianView

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate the launch of RED FLAGS AND BUTTERFLIES by Sheryl Azzam
Oct 22, 7 to 9pm
Lee Academy (Lynden campus), 1978 Concession Road 2 W., Lynden, ON
The proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to Nova Vita
@mandagroup.bsky.social @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @sljournal for the STARRED review of Standoff, pub date tomorrow!!

"brilliantly written"
"sensitive portrayal of the reality facing innocent children and families in a war zone"
"historically accurate quotes and events interwoven"
"VERDICT Purchase for all middle grade shelves."
#Ukraine

Standoff, book two, Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. Scholastic.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to give the final keynote at #CANSCAIP's Packaging Your Imagination one-day conference. Before I was published, this conference jump-started my career. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in writing or illustrating books for young people. #kidlit #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 13d

Wonderful to hear!

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 13d

This one isn't virtual, but there may be one in the future.

Aaron Cleaveley @icenin75.bsky.social · 14d

I wish, but I am in BC. No virtual launch, right?

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 14d

Book launch! Standoff, bk #2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. #mglit #Ukrainewar #scholastic #brantfordontario

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you! Traditional recipes. Writing pysanky. What's one that you carry on?

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 20d

Ukrainian heritage month in Ontario: my family's journey.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21d

:-(

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21d

I did Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec.

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21d

I am apparently one of the few selected for in-person this time. Most, I understand, are virtual.

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21d

It will be an interesting experience! Over the last 28 years, this will be the 4th. How many have you done?

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21d

Thrilled to be touring with Canadian Children's Book Week in 2026! Congratulations to all my fellow touring book creators! #canlit #mglit #reading #booktour

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 23d

Kudos to #EugeneYelchin for his brutal honesty. Well-crafted, but oh so dark. 📚👍🏼
#Candlewick #Netgalley

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Sep 4

#RedFlagsandButterflies will be released on Oct 18th. “A tender, heartfelt, and intelligent coming-of-age story that celebrates quiet strength and trusting your instincts.” Starred review. -Kirkus Reviews @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 📚👍🏼#sherylazzam

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy #bookbirthday to Chasing Evil. This book reads like a thriller! Perfect for readers of true crime and/or psychic phenomena. #StMartinsPress

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thrilled that Standoff, bk 2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy, is showing as a #1 hot new release in its category on Amazon.ca. In the US, it's #5. Set during the first year of Russia's current attacks on Ukraine. #mglit #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 31

The little quilt is just as charming in this wintry tale as in the first. Sure to be a Canadian classic. #netgalley #tundra #rielnason #mglit #canlit 📚👍🏼

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · Aug 27

Bought this for myself on @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social's recommendation. If there was ever a book Amanda needed to buy immediately, this is the book.

Secret wartime letters, a volatile love triangle, an unmarked grave, a noble heritage—a revelatory mother-daughter memoir about discovery, love, and forgiveness.

Sorting through her late mother’s possessions, Halina St. James found a secret stash of letters. They told how her mother, Maria, was abducted as a teenager in Ukraine by Nazis and sent to Germany as a slave.

After the war, Maria found herself pregnant in a displaced persons camp. She married the father, an older man from a noble Polish family. But her life changed when her husband introduced his friend, a young Polish freedom fighter. In Canada, the younger man betrayed his friend and ran off with Maria and Halina.

The letters made Halina realize how little she knew of her mother or her heritage.

The Golden Daughter is the gripping story of a mother and daughter shaped by forces they had no control over.

After uncovering truths hidden for a century, Halina was finally able to make peace with her mother, her father—and herself.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 25

Shameful.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 24

Looking forward to speaking at Bloor West Ukrainian Festival, Toronto, on Sept 13th. Hope to see you there! #mglit #Ukrainian
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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 13

An unputdownable memoir about a mother who dies holding onto her secrets, and a daughter determined to uncover the truth. #Ostarbeiter #Ukraine #forcedlabor @houseofanansi.bsky.social #halinastjames #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy #bookbirthday to Tim Queeney for Rope, a well-written, well-researched, and informative narrative. I appreciated the droll humor and the interesting and anecdotal style. General readers as well as historical fiction researchers will find this book to be a good resource. #stmartinspress

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Aug 9

Look what popped up as a #1 new release on both Amazon.ca and Amazon.com today! #Standoff, which is book 2 of my #KidnappedfromUkraine trilogy, Oct 7, 2025 pub date #Scholastic #mglit #canlit #Ukrainewar. Still Alive, bk #3 is also on both lists. It will be pub'd April 2026.

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