The Lost Year
"Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the Covid pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother's belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past--one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present day to the 1930's and the US to the USSR" -- Back cover.