Between Shades of Gray
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Philomel Books, 2011.
Physical Desc
344 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Appears on list
Status
Teen Fiction - Teen Books
T FIC SEP
1 available
T FIC SEP
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Besetzung
Deportation
Labor camps -- Fiction.
Litauen
Lithuania - -- History - -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction.
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Sibirien
Soviet Union - -- History - -- 1925-1953 -
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
Sowjetunion.
Straflager.
Survival -- Fiction.
Weibliche Jugend
Young adult fiction.
Young adult literature.
Deportation
Labor camps -- Fiction.
Litauen
Lithuania - -- History - -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction.
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Sibirien
Soviet Union - -- History - -- 1925-1953 -
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
Sowjetunion.
Straflager.
Survival -- Fiction.
Weibliche Jugend
Young adult fiction.
Young adult literature.
More Details
Published
New York : Philomel Books, 2011.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 3.6, 9 Points
Level 3.6, 9 Points
Lexile measure
490
Notes
Description
Lina is a fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. She's just like any other girl. Until one night in 1941, 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 train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother are taken slowly north to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the harshest of conditions. Stalin has deported them and is claiming their home as his own. Suffering abuse both physical and emotional, Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously -- and at a great personal risk -- documenting events by drawing. She imbeds clues in her art of their location and secretly passes them along, attempting to contact her father, hoping the drawings will eventually make their way to his prison camp. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years, covering 6,500 miles. Many lives were lost, but it was their incredible strength, love, and hope that allowed Lina and her brother to endure and ultimately survive.
Target Audience
490,Lexile.
Target Audience
012-up.
Awards
Morris Debut Award Finalist, 2012.
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