Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived? I was sixteen, an orphan in Siberia, but I knew. It was the one thing I never questioned. I wanted to live.

Some wars are about bombing. For the people of the Baltics, this war was about believing.

those who show kindness in an atmosphere of cruelty are truly courageous.