“It won’t do you any good,” said a boy’s voice. “We’ve already tried to open it.”
I looked over to him in the dim light and saw a silhouette of wild hair. There was a trickle of dark on his cheek. Was he bleeding?
Using the ridges in the siding to help me balance in a standing position, I felt a long lever across the door. I pushed it down hard. It moved and sprang back up, but the door didn’t open.
“It’s locked from the outside,” a girl’s voice said.
I pounded on it again with my fists. Nothing happened.
MARSHA FORCHUK SKRYPUCH is a Ukrainian Canadian author acclaimed for her nonfiction and historical fiction, including Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below, both companions to this novel. She was awarded the Order of Princess Olha by the president of Ukraine for her writing. Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario, and you can visit her online at calla.com.
Also by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Making Bombs for Hitler
The War Below
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