Honor

Susan McClelland is an award winning journalist and the author of more than ten books, many for young adult readers, including Boy from Buchenwald, a Kirkus Best YA Biography and Memoir and a Sydney Taylor Award Notable, Every Falling Star, and The Bite of the Mango. Her work brings global history to life through intimate, human stories of survival, resilience, and moral courage. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages and are read around the world. Every Falling Star, her account of a North Korean teen’s escape, received the Freeman Award for Young Adult Literature and multiple US national honors. The Bite of the Mango has been recognized internationally, including by the American Library Association and IBBY.Susan McClelland’s books have earned widespread critical acclaim across North America and abroad, and are widely used in schools and libraries. She lives in Canada.

Nataliia Mariichyn is the great-granddaughter of Grigory and Mariya Palidova, a couple in Ukraine who sheltered the Buchwald family in their home in Ukraine during WWII. Raised in Ukraine, Nataliia is currently a war refugee in Montreal, Canada, where descendants of the Buchwald family helped her relocate.