Between Shades of Gray
2011 young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Between Shades of Gray, a New York Times Best Seller, is the debut novel of Lithuanian-American novelist Ruta Sepetys. It follows the Stalinist repressions of the mid-20th century and follows the life of a teenage girl Lina as she is deported from her native Lithuania with her mother and younger brother, and the journey they take to a Gulag labor camp in Siberia. It was nominated for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal[1] and has been translated into more than 27 languages.[2]
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Author | Ruta Sepetys |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical |
Publisher | Philomel Books |
Publication date | 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 338 |
ISBN | 978-0-14-133588-9 |
OCLC | 701021642 |
LC Class | PZ7.S47957 Be 2011 |
Between Shades of Gray was originally intended as a young adult novel, but there have been several adult publications. In an interview with ThirstforFiction, Ruta Sepetys said that the reason she intended Between Shades of Gray to be a young adult novel was because she met many survivors in Lithuania who were themselves, teenagers, during the deportations and had a greater will to live than many of their adult counterparts at the time.[3]