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The lost boy
Imagine your seven-year-old is ripped from you in the middle of the night and you are arrested. Your
child is placed in a detention camp and you have no way of contacting him or knowing where he
is. What can you do? You don’t speak your captors’ language and you have no rights. Sound
familiar? It’s not ripped from the headlines, it’s ripped from the past. What’s happening in the
border towns of the US happened in 1942 in Poland: children who looked Aryan were stolen
from their parents and adopted into high Nazi ranking families. Of the 200,000 children who
were kidnapped only a handful returned. Why? Because the children were untraceable. Their
birth certificates were forged and their names changed.
Enter Slim Moran, a gritty detective and new mother who is determined to find one boy before
his true origins are discovered. Based on hundreds of pages of research from the United
Nations Archive, THE LOST BOY, is an on the edge of your seat thriller you won’t soon forget.
child is placed in a detention camp and you have no way of contacting him or knowing where he
is. What can you do? You don’t speak your captors’ language and you have no rights. Sound
familiar? It’s not ripped from the headlines, it’s ripped from the past. What’s happening in the
border towns of the US happened in 1942 in Poland: children who looked Aryan were stolen
from their parents and adopted into high Nazi ranking families. Of the 200,000 children who
were kidnapped only a handful returned. Why? Because the children were untraceable. Their
birth certificates were forged and their names changed.
Enter Slim Moran, a gritty detective and new mother who is determined to find one boy before
his true origins are discovered. Based on hundreds of pages of research from the United
Nations Archive, THE LOST BOY, is an on the edge of your seat thriller you won’t soon forget.
219 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 29, 2019
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About the author
Kate Moira Ryan
9 books25 followersAs a NYC-based playwright, I have worked in theater most of my life. I love creating worlds and telling stories. From the time I was a child, I have always been a voracious reader of mysteries as well as a keen student of history, in particular, of WWII. I created the Slim Moran Mystery Series inspired by many stories from the past, some heroic and some horrific and some hidden for years. One, in particular, caught my interest. My friend was a young American bride in 1950's Paris.The first time she used her fireplace on Rue de Seine, smoke flooded the room. She opened the flu, guns fell from the chimney, and that is when she realized her husband was in the Resistance. The story piqued my interest, and I began to write. I decided to focus on the millions of people who were displaced and families ripped apart in WWII. Some spent years searching in vain for their loved ones. I decided to create a detective for the lost to give a voice to those who disappeared.
The Lost Spy is the first book in the Slim Moran Series. In the second book, The Lost Boy, Slim searches for a Polish child taken by the Nazis and 'Germanized.' Each book will be based on a historical event and feature a missing person case which Slim tries to solve because I believe that everyone who is lost deserves to be found. Thank you for spending time with my first book and with Slim Moran.
The Lost Spy is the first book in the Slim Moran Series. In the second book, The Lost Boy, Slim searches for a Polish child taken by the Nazis and 'Germanized.' Each book will be based on a historical event and feature a missing person case which Slim tries to solve because I believe that everyone who is lost deserves to be found. Thank you for spending time with my first book and with Slim Moran.
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June 9, 2019
The lost boy
I was Karol,Itzhaak,Karl’s age. I lived in a different country but the situations were similar. I liked the authenticity of wartime life and death described because I lived through it. The history of Zamość colonization is true. The Polish and German words are good. In Polish the familiar thou is used in familiar situation only. The proper way is to use Pan for males or Pani for females in conjunction with the family name or occupations like Professor General, etc
I was Karol,Itzhaak,Karl’s age. I lived in a different country but the situations were similar. I liked the authenticity of wartime life and death described because I lived through it. The history of Zamość colonization is true. The Polish and German words are good. In Polish the familiar thou is used in familiar situation only. The proper way is to use Pan for males or Pani for females in conjunction with the family name or occupations like Professor General, etc
June 8, 2019
Another Great Book in the Slim Moran Mystery Series
I learned so much about the aftermath of World War II, while also following the glamorous and exciting life of a female detective. This is the second book I've read in the series and I cannot wait for the third. The setting in post-war Paris and the author's way of weaving in real people was so much fun and so entertaining. I highly recommend this wonderful story.
I learned so much about the aftermath of World War II, while also following the glamorous and exciting life of a female detective. This is the second book I've read in the series and I cannot wait for the third. The setting in post-war Paris and the author's way of weaving in real people was so much fun and so entertaining. I highly recommend this wonderful story.
June 12, 2023
Very interesting book
The storyline in this book was an eye opener to a bit of history that I had little knowledge of. A very well written and thoroughly fascinating story that will keep you entertained until the end.
The storyline in this book was an eye opener to a bit of history that I had little knowledge of. A very well written and thoroughly fascinating story that will keep you entertained until the end.
May 24, 2019
Love the way Kate gave us history lessons by using the vehicle of flashbacks through the lips of the characters involved with that occurrence. This method made the events real in this readers mind.
August 13, 2019
Book 2
This novel is well researched. Slim Moran is searching for a lost boy from Poland. Very emotional. I hope there will be a book in this series
This novel is well researched. Slim Moran is searching for a lost boy from Poland. Very emotional. I hope there will be a book in this series
April 29, 2019
! LOVE this book
This story is spellbinding. Kate Moors Ryan writes about the history we didn't learn in school. One of many horrific things of Nazi Germany was the abduction of "Aryan" Polish children who were to grow the German population while they attempted to obliterate the Poles. Intriguing story beautifully written. Makes us think how far from this era we have come.....or not.
This story is spellbinding. Kate Moors Ryan writes about the history we didn't learn in school. One of many horrific things of Nazi Germany was the abduction of "Aryan" Polish children who were to grow the German population while they attempted to obliterate the Poles. Intriguing story beautifully written. Makes us think how far from this era we have come.....or not.
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