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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 and Lena must fight for her life, all the while 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
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Penguin Minis: Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys
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- Released
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ruta Sepetys
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 720
- ISBN10
- 0593114477
- ISBN13
- 9780593114476
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, Relationships, American Literature, Russia, Jews, Family relationships, Stalinism, Genocide, Siberia, Gulags, Injustice, Lithuania, Labor Camps, Lithuanian Literature
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- Between Shades of Gray
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- 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 and Lena must fight for her life, all the while 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