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.
Ages 12 and up. Philomel Books.|||Grades 7-9. Philomel Books.|||adolescent
written by Ruta Sepetys ; adapted by Andrew Donkin ; art by Dave Kopka ; colors by Brann Livesay ; letters by Chris Dickey.
"Adapted from Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books in 2011"--Page facing title page.
