Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys
By: Sepetys, Ruta.
Publisher: New York : Speak, 2012Edition: 2012.Description: 352 pages : maps ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780142420591 (pbk.).Subject(s): Labor camps -- Fiction | Survival -- Fiction | Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction | Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- FictionGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: 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 noteCurrent location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | PZ7.S47957 Be 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010512 |
Includes discussion questions and an interview with Ruta Sepetys (pages 345-352)
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