Between shades of gray /
Sepetys, Ruta.
Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. - 352 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, March 2011 Booklist starred, February 2011 Library Media Connection starred, August 2011 Pub Weekly, January 2011 Kirkus Starred, January 2011 New York Times, April 2011 Horn Book, May 2011 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2011
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.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
014242059X
Labor camps--Fiction.
Survivalism--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Lithuania--History--Fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--Fiction.
Russia--History--1925-1953--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.S47957 / Be 2012
[Fic]
Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. - 352 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, March 2011 Booklist starred, February 2011 Library Media Connection starred, August 2011 Pub Weekly, January 2011 Kirkus Starred, January 2011 New York Times, April 2011 Horn Book, May 2011 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2011
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.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
014242059X
Labor camps--Fiction.
Survivalism--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Lithuania--History--Fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--Fiction.
Russia--History--1925-1953--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.S47957 / Be 2012
[Fic]