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Between Shades of Gray is a sobering historical fiction novel with a great main character I immediately fell in love with. Lina is a young Lithuanian girl with a wonderful family. Her beautiful life suddenly takes a drastic turn when the Soviet police arrest her and her family and send them away. The story follows her struggles and triumphs while flashing back to bittersweet memories of her sweet life before.
I suggest you read this book to learn more about this terrible time in history and how c ...more
I suggest you read this book to learn more about this terrible time in history and how c ...more
This historical fiction book is our One School One Book, book choice for the 2013/2014 school year. It is set in the 1940's during the holocaust. The main character, Lina, is taken from her home in Lithuania and put on a train with her mother and brother. They experience monstrosities of starvation, illness, disease and murder as they are moved towards work camps. Eventually they arrive at a camp and forced to work with other women. Lina copes with her surroundings by drawing pictures and captur
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This is a historical fiction novel set in World War II. It is about a normal Lithuanian girl whose house is raided and her along with her family is taken and put on a train. They are transported to Siberia where the y are forced to work as slaves. She falls in love, faces challenges psychically and emotionally. This novel is sad but still exciting. It is a quick but sweet read.
A good read about a forgotten piece of history. Touching story about a family uprooted and sent to labor camps in Siberia, only for being Lithuanian. What the narrator endures is a stark reminder of what we all take for granted everyday.
Just finished this book, to sum up my thoughts I flat just didn't like the book. Although I loved Ruta Sepstys twist with realistic fiction in Out of the Easy, I didn't like this twist. Although her writing was lovely I simply just didn't like the storyline of the book and would not read it again...
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Between Shades of Grey was a truly inspirational story about a girl, Lina, her younger brother,Jonas, and their mother, Elena, who were seized by the NKVD and sentenced to a camp. This story mainly shows readers how people where treated when Stalin and Hitler were in charge after being captured by the NKVD. During the story, however, all Lina wanted was to find out where her father was. She had always dreamed of being an artist, and drew pictures of her thoughts and experiences throughout the st
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Showing another side of war that I never really knew about. Heartbreakingly beautiful
Fast-Paced, Exciting, Amazing.
May 29, 2013
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