"Stalinist repression exposed through the tale of Lina as she is deported from Lithuania and sent to Siberia - to the labour camps with her mother and brother. Highly readable account of a difficult time in history"
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.
Unforgettable and eye opening, this is a compelling and deeply moving story of one family’s survival against unimaginable odds. Taken from their home with only twenty minutes to pack, Lina along with her mother and younger brother gather together everything they think is important. Herded into a train in Lithuania, they begin a seemingly endless journey of unimaginable deprivation and horror which takes them to Siberia. Lina tells the family story describing the emotional turmoil especially about the whereabouts of their father as well as capturing the fleeting moments of hope and even the feelings of falling in love which make survival possible.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a "superb" (The Wall Street Journal), "eye-opening" (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places-the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." -The Washington PostWINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE A WILLIAM C.
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MORRIS AWARD FINALIST A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURYA knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina's life changes in an instant. With her young brother and mother, she is hauled away by the Soviet secret police from her home in Lithuania and thrown into a cattle car en route to Siberia.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Between Shades of Gray and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
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Between Shades of Gray was written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Philomel Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Between Shades of Gray has 344 pages