- Published: New York : Philomel Books, 2011.
- Year Published: 2011
- Description: 344 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 490
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780399254123
- 0399254129
Subjects
- Labor camps -- Fiction.
- Survival -- Fiction.
- Lithuania -- Fiction. -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941
- Siberia (Russia) -- Fiction. -- History -- 20th century
- Soviet Union -- Fiction. -- History -- 1925-1953
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Between shades of gray
by Sepetys, Ruta.
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In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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Amazing
Super realistic and historically relevant
must read
If you are at all interested in WWII this is a must read
Between Shades of Gray
God! It's such a sad book. But it's SO realistic
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