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A Lithuanian teenager is deported by the Soviets and draws to survive
2011Steady paceMelancholic
What it is about
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina is an art student in Lithuania when Soviet police arrest her family. They are packed into cattle cars and sent to a labor camp in Siberia. Lina uses drawing to record what happens and hopes that her art will reach her father.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a moving young adult novel about history.
What you will get
A powerful debut about events that many people never learn about. It deals with starvation and loss.
Between Shades of Gray Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Historical Fiction · Soviet deportations · Survival · Art
Length
344 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Lina Vilkas, her mother and her younger brother.
Setting
Lithuania and Siberia, from 1941.
What makes it different
It brings a lesser-known part of World War II history to young readers.
Feel
Heartbreaking, honest and hopeful.
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