Book description
One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are
hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and
sent away. They are being deported to Siberia.
An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn't know
if she'll 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
and haunting story based on
first-hand family accounts and memories from
survivors.
Born and raised in Michigan, Ruta Sepetys is the daughter of a
Lithuanian refugee. Ruta lives with her family in Tennessee. Between
Shades of Gray is her first novel.
