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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ( SCRIP-ik; 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. 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, 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 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 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 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way 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. 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist, 2018–19 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee, 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy, References External links Official website 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records. Discover the Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch books.