The New York Times" bestseller " Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys is a harrowing story of a Lithuanian family who suffer unimaginable hardship & deportation during World War II pitched perfectly for children & adults alike. That morning my brothers life was worth a pocket watch... One night fifteen-year-old Lina her mother & young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards thrown into cattle cars & sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable & harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesnt know if shell ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Lina hopes for her family. For her country. For her future. For love
- first love with the boy she barely knows but knows she does not want to lose... Will hope keep Lina alive? Set in 1941 " Between Shades of Gray" is an extraordinary & haunting story based on first-hand family accounts & memories from survivors. " This superlative first novel by Ruta Sepetys demonstrates the strength of its unembellished language. A hefty emotional punch". (" New York Times"). " Her prose is restrained & powerful as unadorned as the landscape in which her characters struggle to survive... Few books are beautifully written fewer still are important; this novel is both". (" The Washington Post"). Born & raised in Michigan Ruta Sepetys is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee. Ruta lives with her family in Tennessee. " Between Shades of Grey" is her first novel."