Between shades of gray
(2011)
By:
Sepetys, Ruta
Fiction
Large Type
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/FICTION/SEPETYS,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, [2011]
©2011
©2011
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
419 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410440839 (hardcover), 1410440834 (hardcover), 1410440834 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Finalist for the 2012 William C. Morris Debut Award
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