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Between Shades of Gray Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Ruta Sepetys
Sepetys presents a powerful and haunting novel based on a little-known real-life event in history. In terrifying detail, Ruta Sepetys re-creates a World War II coming of all all too timely today. "Between Shades of Gray" is a document long overdue.--Newbery Medalist Richard Peck.
Summary
Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously-and at great risk-documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously-and at great risk-documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.
Details
- Title Between Shades of Gray
- Author Ruta Sepetys
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Philomel Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2011-03-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Deckle Edges, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780399254123 / 0399254129
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.51 x 5.89 x 1.11 in (21.62 x 14.96 x 2.82 cm)
- Ages 13 to 17 years
- Grade levels 8 - 12
- Reading level 490
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Baltic
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Survival, Soviet Union - History - 1925-1953
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009050092
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
A New York Times Notable Book of 2011
A Wall Street Journal Best Children’s Book of 2011
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011
The iTunes 2011 Rewind Best Teen Novel
The #1 Book on the Spring 2011 IndieNext List
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2011
A Booklist Best Book of 2011
A Kirkus Best Book of 2011
2012 IRA Children’s and Young Adults Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
2012 Indies Choice Young Adult Book of the Year
A Carnegie Medal Finalist
A William C. Morris Finalist
A New York Times Bestseller
An International Bestseller
From The Washington Post:
“Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both.”
**From Publishers Weekly, Starred Review**:
“A harrowing page-turner.”
** School Library Journal, Starred Review**:
“A gripping story.”
**Kirkus, Starred Review**:
“Bitterly sad, fluidly written…Sepetys' flowing prose gently carries readers.”
**Booklist, Starred Review**:
"Beautifully written and deeply felt…an important book that deserves the widest possible readership.”
“Stalin deported and murdered millions, but he could not destroy the seeds of memory, compassion, and art that they left behind. From those seeds, Ruta Septeys has crafted a brilliant story of love and survival that will keep their memory alive for generations to come.” --Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Wintergirls
“In terrifying detail, Ruta Sepetys re-creates World War II coming of age all too timely today. Between Shades of Gray is a document long overdue.” --Richard Peck, Newbery Award–winning author of A Year Down Yonder
“Between Shades of Gray is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.” --Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor–winning author of Hitler Youth
A Wall Street Journal Best Children’s Book of 2011
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011
The iTunes 2011 Rewind Best Teen Novel
The #1 Book on the Spring 2011 IndieNext List
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2011
A Booklist Best Book of 2011
A Kirkus Best Book of 2011
2012 IRA Children’s and Young Adults Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
2012 Indies Choice Young Adult Book of the Year
A Carnegie Medal Finalist
A William C. Morris Finalist
A New York Times Bestseller
An International Bestseller
From The Washington Post:
“Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both.”
**From Publishers Weekly, Starred Review**:
“A harrowing page-turner.”
** School Library Journal, Starred Review**:
“A gripping story.”
**Kirkus, Starred Review**:
“Bitterly sad, fluidly written…Sepetys' flowing prose gently carries readers.”
**Booklist, Starred Review**:
"Beautifully written and deeply felt…an important book that deserves the widest possible readership.”
“Stalin deported and murdered millions, but he could not destroy the seeds of memory, compassion, and art that they left behind. From those seeds, Ruta Septeys has crafted a brilliant story of love and survival that will keep their memory alive for generations to come.” --Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Wintergirls
“In terrifying detail, Ruta Sepetys re-creates World War II coming of age all too timely today. Between Shades of Gray is a document long overdue.” --Richard Peck, Newbery Award–winning author of A Year Down Yonder
“Between Shades of Gray is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.” --Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor–winning author of Hitler Youth
Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/2011, Page 68
- Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2012, Page 12
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2011, Page 0
- Entertainment Weekly, 03/25/2011, Page 82
- Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2011, Page 103
- Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books, 12/01/2011, Page 2223
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2011, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 04/17/2011, Page 22
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/04/2011, Page 33
- Publishers Weekly, 01/03/2011, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/07/2011, Page 42
- Romantic Times, 03/01/2011, Page 52
- School Library Journal, 03/01/2011, Page 170
- Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2011, Page 32
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2011, Page 0
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