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Ruta Sepetys

An international bestseller, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and now a major motion picture! Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray is now the film Ashes in the Snow! This special movie tie-in edition features 16 pages of color movie stills starring Bel Powley and Jonah Hauer-King in never-before-seen footage and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie, plus a brand-new letter from the author! "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive? A moving and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Book Thief. Praise for Between Shades of Gray: "Superlative. A hefty emotional punch." --The New York Times Book Review "Heart-wrenching . . . an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart." --The Los Angeles Times "At once a suspenseful, drama-packed survival story, a romance, and an intricately researched work of historial fiction." --The Wall Street Journal * "Beautifully written and deeply felt . . . An important book that deserves the widest possible readership." --Booklist, starred review A New York Times Notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner A Best Children's Book of 2011 selection from The Wall Street Journal, PW, SLJ, Booklist,Kirkus, iTunes, Amazon, St. Louis Post Dispatch, and Columbus Dispatch ILA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner Winner of 10 international book prizes across France, Sweden, Belgium, Lithuania, and Canada 26 state award lists 4 starred reviews And more!

Ashes in the Snow (Movie Tie-In)

chloe g

-◈ 4.50 STARS 

My first time reading a historical and i'm glad i chose this wonderful book as my first. A very emotional, meaningful and full of untold experiences based on real life battle.This gripped my heart and shattered it into pieces with all the struggles every victim has ever encountered. How they fight with their life, for their life. I praised the author for creating such a powerful story. Each and every words from Lina's perspective made a hard blow in my mind and tugged my heart, never mind my silent tears with every emotional lines. I just realized that I wanted to read more historical books based off of real history in the future because of this book. I just want anything that would touch my heart like this one did.

Kaitlyn Krna

I was completely unaware of what had taken place in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia during World War II. 

This is not a pretty book, but I have no regrets on reading it. The novel is well-written and well researched. It's brutal what the people of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia went through during this time period. We learned so much about the atrocities committed by the Germans, but the Soviets committed many of the same atrocities. When the Soviets took over the countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, many of the people were taken from their homes. They were beaten, starved, assaulted, sold into slavery, and forced into Labor camps. Many were killed.

This book focuses greatly on the psychological and social ramifications of World War II. It is a heart-wrenching, emotional story. The story is fictional, the majority of the characters are fictional, but the events actually took place and over 20 million lives were lost in this piece of human history.

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