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First published in the United States of America by Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2011
Published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2012
Published as Ashes in the Snow by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019
Copyright © 2011 by Ruta Sepetys
Map illustrations copyright © 2011 by Katrina Damkoehler
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PHILOMEL BOOKS EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Sepetys, Ruta.
Between shades of gray / Ruta Sepetys.
p. cm.
Summary: 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.
ISBN: 978-0-399-25412-3 (hc)
1. Lithuania—History—Soviet occupation, 1940–1941—Juvenile fiction. [1. Lithuania—History—Soviet occupation, 1940–1941—Fiction. 2. Labor camps—Fiction. 3. Survival—Fiction. 4. Siberia (Russia)—History—20th century—Fiction. 5. Soviet Union—History—1925–1953—Fiction.]
I. Title
PZ7.S47957Be 2011
[Fic]—dc22 2009050092
Ebook ISBN 9780593113653
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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