An edition of Between Shades of Gray (1999)

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An edition of Between Shades of Gray (1999)

Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys

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Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they’ve known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin’s orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.

Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously–and at great risk–documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father’s prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives.

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Cover of: Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray
2012, Scholastic
paperback
Cover of: Tarp pilkų debesų
Tarp pilkų debesų: romanas
2011, Alma littera
in Lithuanian
Cover of: Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys
Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys
2011, Penguin Books, Viking
Cover of: Between shades of gray
Between shades of gray
2011, Philomel Books
in English
Cover of: Avevano spento anche la luna
Avevano spento anche la luna
2011, Garzanti
in Italian
Cover of: Ce qu'ils n'ont pas pu nous prendre
Ce qu'ils n'ont pas pu nous prendre
2011, Gallimard
in French

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Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously--and at great risk--documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.

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PS3619

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OL26158805M
Internet Archive
betweenshadesofg0000sepe
ISBN 13
9780670920853

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