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Book Summaries

This blog contains some of my YA novel summaries.  Hopefully, this blog will be a reliable source for high school students who wish to find ideas for great reading.

Between Shades of Gray

7/17/2012

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Sepetys, R.  (2011).  Between Shades of Gray.  New York, NY:  Philomel Books. 344p. ISBN 10:  0- 399-25412-9

Summary:  In this captivating historical fiction novel, fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas is taken along with her family from their home in Lithuania by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police.  It is 1941 and Stalin is removing any people believed to be anti-Soviet and deporting them to refugee camps and prisons where millions are tortured, starved, and forced to live in conditions not even fit for animals.  Along with her mother and brother, Lina struggles to stay alive with little more than hatred for the Soviets and hope that she will see her father alive again.   A gifted artist, Lina risks her life as she documents their experiences and vows that the suffering of millions will not go unknown and their sacrifices will live on.

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    I am the librarian at Merkel High School.  I have been in education since 1991. I am married with two children.  In my spare time I enjoy scrap booking and spending time with family.

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