| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Adapted from Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books in 2011"--Page facing title page. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Ages 12 and up. Philomel Books. |
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Grades 7-9. Philomel Books. |
| Subject |
Sepetys, Ruta. Between shades of gray -- Adaptations.
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Labor camps -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction.
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Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Teen fiction.
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Graphic novels.
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Young adult fiction.
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| Added Author |
Kopka, Dave, illustrator.
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Livesay, Brann, colourist.
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Dickey, Chris, letterer.
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Graphic novelization of (work): Sepetys, Ruta.
Between shades of gray.
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| ISBN |
9780593204160 (hardcover) |
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0593204166 (hardcover) |
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9780593404850 (paperback) |
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0593404858 (paperback) |
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