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We Bury Nothing

We Bury Nothing

Kate Blair (Author) See More (2)

YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Historical | Mysteries & Detective Stories | Social Themes
Holocaust , Activism & Social Justice
Cormorant Books
8 - 9
13 - 18
2026 Spring
Young Adult Fiction

Paperback
9781770868021
$16.95 CAD
English
10/04/2025

EPUB [reflow]
9781770868038
$15.99 CAD
English
10/04/2025

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Description


In 1943, German soldier Erich Stein is captured by the Allies and imprisoned at Camp 43 in Canada, where he begins to question everything he once believed about what it means to be “a good German.”

In present day, Keira Martin lands a summer internship at the museum built atop Camp 43 to work on a historical true crime research project: solving the murder of Erich Stein in 1945. But when a fellow intern drowns under suspicious circumstances, Keira unveils a potential connection between the two deaths involving the Hoppers, a politically powerful family on the museum board pushing anti-2SLGBTQ+ policies. The Hopper Scholarship is Keira’s only hope to afford her dream university, but the more secrets she digs up from the past, the less certain she is about her own future …

Kate Blair

Author Bio


Kate Blair is an award-nominated author originally from Hayling Island, UK. She has been a finalist for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award and the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Snow Willow Award. Her novels Transferral and Tangled Planet were both longlisted for the Sunburst Award and Transferral was a Starred Selection of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens. Blair currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Prizes


  • Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award Snow WillowNominated 2026

Review Quotes


We Bury Nothing is a fascinating and well-written young adult mystery that sheds light on a little-known aspect of Canada during WWII and ties it to current right-wing extremism and persecution of marginalized communities.”  — The Seaboard Review
“[Kate Blair] captures both the current political climate and the life of a German soldier coming to realize the horror of what he has been raised to believe. Erich is a fully developed character who experiences a cruel death, and readers will sympathize with Keira’s effort to find justice for him almost 80 years later.”  — Historical Novel Society