Between shades of gray
(Book)
Author
Status
Cambridge Public Library - Teen Fiction
TF SEP
2 available
TF SEP
2 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cambridge Public Library - Teen Fiction | TF SEP | Available |
Cambridge Public Library - Teen Fiction | TF SEP | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
344 pages : maps ; 22 cm
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
Ages 12-up.
Awards
Morris Debut Award Finalist, 2012.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sepetys, R. (2011). Between shades of gray . Philomel Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sepetys, Ruta. 2011. Between Shades of Gray. Philomel Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray Philomel Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray Philomel Books, 2011.
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