Between Shades of Gray

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Holocaust

4.3

(12.6K)

Ruta Sepetys

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal), “eye-opening” (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." —The Washington PostWINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD • A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE • A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURYA knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina’s life changes in an instant. With her young brother and mother, she is hauled away by the Soviet secret police from her home in Lithuania and thrown into a cattle car en route to Siberia. Separated from her father, Lina secretly passes along clues in the form of drawings, hoping they will reach his prison camp. But will her letters, or her courage, be enough to reunite her family? Will they be enough to keep her alive?A moving and haunting novel about loss, fear, and ultimately, survival, Between Shades of Gray is a tour de force of historical and emotional storytelling.

Historical Fiction

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Author

Ruta Sepetys

Pages

368

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2011-03-22

ISBN

110147615X 9781101476154

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"This story is for everybody. I read it after my 13 year old son fell in love with it, and everybody needs to read this. Harrowing and beautiful."

Skye Edelson-Bennett

"Interesting piece of historical fiction. The novel is vivid enough to let you picture many things. We don't see enough of the stories with these smaller countries and what the people had to endure. "

Joe H

"If you enjoy historical fiction do not let the fact that this is YA deter you from reading it. I knew nothing of the plight of the Lithuanians under Stalin until this book. It may have been heartbreaking to read, but it was a beautifully told story. This will not be the last book that I read by Ruta Sepetys. She is an excellent story teller. I’m passing it to my daughter to read next. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 "

Katie Harrison

"4.5/5 I had trouble putting this book down. There was a lot of emotion, but mostly hope throughout the book. It was an inspiring tale which is not something common in a WWII novel. I would recommend. "

Olivia Denning

"Either my first or second favorite novel! I recommend this novel to everyone I met for a year after I read it! It is so well written, with a plot that is so well developed, it gave me that feeling that I wanted to change the world. If you haven’t read this, go out and buy the book right now and start reading it! "

bailey ʚїɞ

"“Easy” read in the way that young adult novels are easy. Still very rewarding as an adult reader though. Sepetys puts a spotlight on an area of WWII I had no idea about. Thankful to have read it. "

Veronica Em

"I read this book about 10 years ago in middle school and I recently saw it and I was so compelled to get it. This side of WWII is not one I ever really truly remember learning about. It’s humbling. The courage and strength that these characters possess. The hope of one day being free that makes them wanna continue. At times it was gruesome, but beautifully written at the same time. Everyone should read this book"

Mackenzie Miller

"I love this book. I mean I think about it all the time after I finished. You just feel so apart of it. The end is icing on the cake. 100/10 recommend"