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12yo Sofiya loves working at the dophinarium with her father in 2014 Sevastopol, Ukraine. Her Russian mother left them behind a few years earlier, so it is the two of them. While she loves school, she and others in her classes are bullied by the children of Russian citizens living in their city. Then as tensions grow between Russia and Ukraine, Sofiya is committed to saving the dolphins and others from being re-conscripted into the Russian army as spies and saboteurs.
Lucyk-Berger brings another aspect of modern war to light in her novel based on true events. While the connection to 2014 is not spelled out in the story, the back matter explains things more clearly. I have students who love Skrypuch’s Ukraine novels, so I will be pointing them in this direction.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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