Between Shades of Gray
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · April 3, 2012
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 Post WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD • A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE • A WILLIAM C.
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- Who it’s for
- A bleak, intimate wartime read with the gravity to linger after the last page.
- Genres
- Historical YA - Europe, War & Military YA, Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, April 3, 2012
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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 Post WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD • A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE • A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY A knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina’s life changes in an instant.
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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.
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A bleak, intimate wartime read with the gravity to linger after the last page.
Come here for
- tense historical atmosphere
- serious, page-turning YA
Expect
- historical YA set in Europe
- a sustained, immersive narrative
Where it sits
| War & Military YA | 45% |
|---|---|
| Historical YA - Europe | 41% |
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical YA - Europe
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Authors
- Ruta Sepetys
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 3, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Historical YA - Europe