Sepetys, Ruta.

Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Philomel Books, c2011. - 344 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.

HL 490 Lexile. Young Adult Follett Library Resources.



0399254129

2009050092


Labor camps--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Labor camps--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


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.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.S47957 / Be 2011

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