Marsha Skrypuch

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell;<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.

She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.<ref name="Canadian Review">Template:Cite web</ref>

Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The War Below, and Stolen Girl.

Works

• Silver Threads – 1996
• The Best Gifts – 1998
• The Hunger – 1999
• Enough – 2000
• Hope's War – 2001
• Nobody's Child – 2003
• Aram's Choice – 2006
• Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
• Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
• Daughter of War – 2008
• Call Me Aram – 2009
• A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
• Stolen Girl (originally Stolen Child) – 2010
• Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
• Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
• One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
• When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
• Underground Soldier – 2014
• Dance of the Banished – 2014
• Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
• Don't Tell the Nazis (originally Don't Tell the Enemy) – 2018
• The War Below (originally Underground Soldier) - 2018
• Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
• Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020 (omnibus edition of Last Airlift and One Step at a Time)
• Traitors Among Us - 2021
• Winterkill - 2022
• Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1) - 2025
• Standoff (Kidnapped From Ukraine #2) - 2025

Awards

• 1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
• 2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
• 2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
• 2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
• 2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
• 2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
• 2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
• 2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
• 2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
• 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
• 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
• 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
• 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
• 2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
• 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
• 2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
• 2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
• 2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
• 2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
• 2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
• 2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
• 2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
• 2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
• 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
• 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
• 2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
• 2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
• 2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
• 2017 Making Bombs for Hitler, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
• 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
• 2018 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
• 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,
• 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
• 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner, Battle of the Books, Chesapeake PL.
• 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: YALSA Quick Pick
• 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner: Iowa Teen Award, 2018-2019, Grades 6-9

• 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Starred review, CCBC Best Books for Kids
• 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Kids’ Forest Committee Summer Reading Selection
• 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, CBC The Next Chapter Book Panel Selection
• 2018 The War Below, North Carolina Young Adult book Award shortlist for 2018-2019
• 2018 The War Below, CYBILS middle-grade fiction nomination,
• 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC Best Book for Kids, 2018.
• 2018 Too Young to Escape, Starred Review, Quill & Quire, Nov
• 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 13 middle grade books to watch for this fall.
• 2018 Too Young to Escape, Junior Library Guild Selection
• 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 12 books to read to commemorate Remembrance Day, 2018.
• 2019 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Bilson Award nominee
• 2019 Don’t Tell the Nazis, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
• 2019 Too Young to Escape, Forest of Reading Kids’ Silver Birch selection 2019
• 2019 Too Young to Escape, CCBC Best Books for Kids.
• 2019 Too Young to Escape, Information Book Award nominee, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
• 2019 Too Young to Escape, 2019 USSBY Outstanding International Book
• 2019 Career Excellence Award, Brantford Writers’ Circle
• 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, WINNER: Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award
• 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award nominee
• 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, MYRCA Northern Lights nominee
• 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Red Maple Fiction shortlist
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, Saskatchewan Diamond Willow Award nomination
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER Ontario Yellow Cedar Award
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, Ontario Yellow Cedar Award nomination
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER BC Red Cedar information Book Award
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, BC Red Cedar Book Awards nomination, non-fiction
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, 2019-2020 Hackmatack Award nominee.
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
• 2020 Too Young to Escape, Honorable Mention, Freeman Award
• 2020 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, A Mighty Girl 2020 Book of the Year
• 2020 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, CCBC Best Book, 2020
• 2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus, starred review
• 2021 Traitors Among Us, Best Books of the Month, middle-grade, Sept 2021, Amazon.com
• 2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus Best YA book list, 2021
• 2021 Traitors Among Us, A Mighty Girl 2021 Book of the Year
• 2021 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, Poughkeepsie Public Library 2021 Big Read selection
• 2022 Traitors Among Us, Geoffrey Bilson Award, shortlist, 2022.
• 2022 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, MYRCA Northern Lights nomination
• 2022: author banned for life from entering Russian Federation
• 2022 Winterkill: Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
• 2023 Winterkill: #VelshiBannedBookClub selection
• 2023 Winterkill: New York Times reviewed
• 2023 Winterkill: Forest of Reading Kid Committee Red Maple summer reading list 2023
• 2023 Winterkill: CCBC Best Book for Kids, 2023
• 2024 Winterkill: Kobzar Book Award shortlist, 2024
• 2024 Winterkill: MYRCA Northern Lights nomination, 2024
• 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Kirkus
• 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Booklist
• 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Loan Stars Junior Canadian Top Pick, Booknet Canada
• 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine — Standoff: Starred review School Library Journal

External links

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• Writers' Union of Canada
• Marsha Skrypuch at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP.org)
• IBBY Canada interview with Marsha Skrypuch
• Open Book Toronto interview On Writing
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