Sepetys, Ruta.

Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys. - New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. - 352 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780142420591 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Labor camps
Soviet secret Police
Soviet Union
Siberia
Survival
history 1925-53

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]