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Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys.

Sepetys, Ruta. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399254123
  • ISBN: 0399254129
  • Physical Description: 344 pages : maps ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
"A novel"--Jacket.
Target Audience Note:
012-up.
HL490L Lexile
Decoding demand: 96 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 74 (high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 3.6 9 142569.
Subject: Labor camps > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Lithuania > History > Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 > Juvenile fiction.
Siberia (Russia) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 57 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
St. Joseph - Washington Park Library Y SEP (Text)
Juvenile Literature Award: Gateway Readers Award Nominee
32002003045349 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Stone County-Galena Y SEP (Text) 31358001154819 YA Fiction Available -
Washington Public Library YA F SEP (Text) 3150848830 YA-Fiction Available -
Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield YA Sepetys (Text) 3991307558 * Young Adult Fiction Available -
Webster County-Rogersville YA Sepetys (Text) 3990688271 Young Adult Fiction Available -
West Plains Public Library YA SEP (Text) 38268200822467 YA Fiction Available -
Willow Springs Public Library AF HIST SEP (Text) 33482000061570 Historical Available -


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