Between shades of gray
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.
Available Copies by Location
Location | |
---|---|
Community Centre | Available |
Other Formats
Browse Related Items
Subject |
Labor camps > Fiction. Lithuania > History > Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 > Fiction. Siberia (Russia) > History > 20th century > Fiction. Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 > Fiction. |
Genre |
Survival fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0399254129
- ISBN: 9780399254123
-
Physical Description
print
344 pages : maps - Publisher New York : Penguin, [2011]
- Copyright ©2011
Content descriptions
General Note: | Nominated for the Teens' Top Ten Award, 2012 "Philomel Books". |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 22.50 |