Sepetys, Ruta.
Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. - 352 p. , 15 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes discussion questions, an interview with Ruta Sepetys and an excerpt from Ruta Sepetys' next novel, Out of the Easy.
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.
480 Lexile
9780142420591
Soviet Occupation of Lithuania (1940-1941)
1900 - 1999
Labor camps--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Labor camps--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Labor camps.
Survival.
Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941--Juvenile fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941--Fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Fiction.
Lithuania.
Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Soviet Union.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. - 352 p. , 15 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes discussion questions, an interview with Ruta Sepetys and an excerpt from Ruta Sepetys' next novel, Out of the Easy.
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.
480 Lexile
9780142420591
Soviet Occupation of Lithuania (1940-1941)
1900 - 1999
Labor camps--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Labor camps--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Labor camps.
Survival.
Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941--Juvenile fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941--Fiction.
Siberia (Russia)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Fiction.
Lithuania.
Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Soviet Union.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.