ukraine

Examines the history behind the 1932-1933 famine-genocide inflicted on Ukrainians by Russians that killed upwards of ten million people.

Tells the story of "Hanna, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl from a small Ukrainian village and how she and her family survived the Holocaust and eventually emigrated to America."--Provided by publisher.

Interspersed with facts about Ukraine and its people, tells the narrative story about Miron and her family fleeing the country. Readers will learn about the conflict there and how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world who are struggling to find permanent homes.

Follows the lives of Jews determined to survive after the SS show up in their small Ukranian town, only weeks after the German invasion.

"[Discusses one of] Stalin's greatest crimes--the consequences of which still resonate today In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR"--Provided by publisher.

In 1942 twelve-year-old Anton, his family, and their small community of Ukrainian Jews are hiding from the advancing Nazi troops and the Gestapo in a web of underground caves. One officer in particular, Major Karl Von Duesen, is determined to catch or kill every Jew he can find, but as the tide of war turns, a final confrontation between Anton and his enemy is looming.

The author uses forensic evidence, eyewitness accounts, and archival materials to describe the stories of the Jewish Holocaust victims that suffered deathly fates and were discovered buried in mass graves throughout the Ukraine.

When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.

"Kalinka is in danger. She is alone on the frigid, snowy Ukrainian steppe. She is pursued by Nazis. Tracked like prey. The cold is strangling her, and the hunger won't go away. No food, no warmth, no help. Except for a loyal dog and two remarkable horses she is trying to save, against all odds. Her only allies. Are they enough?"--from back cover.