Between Shades of Gray

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a "superb" (The Wall Street Journal), "eye-opening" (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places--the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow

"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post

WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD - A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE - A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY

A knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina's life changes in an instant. With her young brother and mother, she is hauled away by the Soviet secret police from her home in Lithuania and thrown into a cattle car en route to Siberia. Separated from her father, Lina secretly passes along clues in the form of drawings, hoping they will reach his prison camp. But will her letters, or her courage, be enough to reunite her family? Will they be enough to keep her alive?

A moving and haunting novel about loss, fear, and ultimately, survival, Between Shades of Gray is a tour de force of historical and emotional storytelling.

Author: Ruta Sepetys
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 03/22/2011
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.89w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780399254123

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 142569 / Between Shades of Gray


Award: 2013 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee - Grades 9-12
Award: 2012 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist - Young Adult Literature
Award: 2011 Cybils Finalist - Young Adult Fiction
Award: 2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Ten to Fourteen
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee - High School
Award: 2012 Golden Kite Winner - Fiction
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Award: 2013 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee - Ages 12 & Up
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Award: 2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award Recommended - Teen
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Award: 2014 Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Intermediate/Grades 7-9
Award: 2014 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee - Middle Grades
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12
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