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Between Shades of Gray
(1 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 5)
Publisher: Puffin
One night 15-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn't know if she'll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Lina hopes for her family. For her country. For her future. For love - first love, with the boy she barely knows but knows she does not want to lose ... Will hope keep Lina alive?
Set in 1941, Between Shades of Grey is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and memories from survivors.
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Anonz3, 27 May 2015
a very moving book and shows us how much people had to suffer and walk around half-dead under Stalin's rule. And of course the romance is very sweet.