The war below : a novel

Title
The war below : a novel

Personal Author EPSB
Marsha Forchuk, Skrypuch

Summary
"The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now Luka has smuggled himself out--even though he left behind his dearest friend, Lida. Someday, he vows, he'll find her again. Racing through the mountains, Luka evades capture by both Nazis and Soviet agents. When he meets the underground Ukrainian Insurgent Army, he knows that's where he belongs: fighting Nazis and Soviets alike. But the desperate rescues and guerilla raids put Luka back in the line of fire. Can he persevere long enough to find Lida again--or make it back home, where his father must be waiting for him?"--Page [2] of cover.

Uniform Title
Underground soldier

Year Published
2018,
 
2014

Physical Description
240 pages ; 22 cm

Edition
First American edition.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 8 164236.

Subject
Forced labor -- Germany -- Fiction.
 
Ukrainians -- Germany -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Summary
"The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now Luka has smuggled himself out--even though he left behind his dearest friend, Lida. Someday, he vows, he'll find her again. Racing through the mountains, Luka evades capture by both Nazis and Soviet agents. When he meets the underground Ukrainian Insurgent Army, he knows that's where he belongs: fighting Nazis and Soviets alike. But the desperate rescues and guerilla raids put Luka back in the line of fire. Can he persevere long enough to find Lida again--or make it back home, where his father must be waiting for him?"--Page [2] of cover.

ISBN
9781338233025
 
9781338277630
 
9781338608335

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
 
©2014


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Mount PleasantFIC SKRBook30152000255672Fiction