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Mar 22, 2011 · Told from the perspective of a young hopeful artist, Between Shades of Gray shows us the strength of the human spirit and the value of holding onto faith, in a well-written novel that captures all the hardships, sorrows, and misfortunes that Lina Arvydas went through.
Apr 3, 2012 · From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately, of survival. A New York Times notable book. An international bestseller. A Carnegie Medal nominee. A William C. Morris Award finalist.
Between Shades of Gray, a New York Times Best Seller, is the debut novel of Lithuanian-American novelist Ruta Sepetys. It follows the Stalinist repressions of the mid-20th century and follows the life of a teenage girl Lina as she is deported from her native Lithuania with her mother and younger brother, and the journey they take to a Gulag ...
Mar 22, 2011 · Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray follows Lina's deportation to Siberia during World War Two. Her country, Lithuania, has been annexed into Soviet Russia under Stalin's reign. One night, Soviet officers burst into her home, and give Lina, her mother and her young brother twenty minutes to pack.
Between Shades of Gray. 1941 – Fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas is arrested by the Soviet secret police and deported to Siberia with her mother and younger brother. Lina fights for her life, vowing that if she survives she will honor her family, and the thousands like hers, by burying her complete story in a jar on Lithuanian soil.
A moving and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Book Thief. Praise for Between Shades of Gray: “Superlative. A hefty emotional punch.”. — The New York Times Book Review “Heart-wrenching . . . an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart.”.
A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living...
Books. Between Shades of Gray. Ruta Sepetys. Penguin Young Readers Group, Apr 3, 2012 - Young Adult Fiction - 384 pages. An international bestseller, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and now a...
Between Shades of Gray is set during World War II, and concerns the genocide of the Baltic people. In 1940, the USSR (the Soviet Union) annexed the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and systematically deported citizens deemed “enemies” of the state.
Between Shades of Gray Summary. In June of 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas is arrested by the Soviet Secret Police, the NKVD, from her home in Kaunas, Lithuania. She is arrested alongside her mother, Elena, and ten-year-old brother Jonas. Her father Kostas has been arrested earlier, and they don’t know where he is.
