Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Gray (©2011 Philomel / Penguin Group (USA) Inc.)

ISBN 978-0-399-25412-3 | Hard Cover | 344 pages

Between Shades of Gray tells the story of a young Lithuanian girl, Lina, who is deported with her family to a Siberian prison camp after the Soviet Union invades Lithuania in 1941. As this is a story seldom told, author Ruta Sepetys wanted to give a voice to the thousands of people who lost their lives during Stalins's cleansing of the Baltic region. Between Shades of Gray is a New York Times bestseller, a Carnegie Medal nominee, and is currently Published in 30 countries and 25 languages.