Making Bombs for Hitler, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Making Bombs for Hitler, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
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Making Bombs for Hitler

Author: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Narrator: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2020


Synopsis

For readers who were enthralled by Alan Gratz's PRISONER B-3087 comes a gripping novel about a lesser-known part of WWII.Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won't she?But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II.Lida's parents are ripped away from her and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking labor. Starving and terrified, Lida bonds with her fellow prisoners, but none of them know if they'll live to see tomorrow.When Lida and her friends are assigned to make bombs for the German army, Lida cannot stand the thought of helping the enemy. Then she has an idea. What if she sabotaged the bombs... and the Nazis? Can she do so without getting caught?And if she's freed, will she ever find her sister again?This pulse-pounding novel of survival, courage, and hope shows us a lesser-known piece of history -- and is sure to keep readers captivated until the last page.

About Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the acclaimed author of more than twenty books, including Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land, Stolen Child, Making Bombs for Hitler, Underground Soldier, and Don't Tell the Enemy. She has won many awards for her work and is one of Canada's most respected authors of historical fiction for young people. Much of Marsha's writing focuses on stories from her Ukrainian heritage, and she has been presented with the Order of Princess Olha by the President of Ukraine and named a Canadian Ukrainian Woman of Distinction. Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary on May 20, 2012

"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 survival in the Nazi camps, it is based on historical......more

Goodreads review by Emily on April 12, 2017

Wow. I can see why my kiddos have all been coming up to me with this book in their hand saying "Ms. Stewart, you HAVE GOT to read this!" They've been reading Number the Stars & The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in their reading class, so when this one appeared at the book fair last week, it flew off of......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on April 29, 2025

A very important book for post 2020 Americans to read......more