Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously—and at great risk—documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart
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This one is on my TBR list! Happy Reading! ^^
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oh man, TOTALLY waiting on this one too! it looks seriously amazing and its gotten some rave reviews :) awesome pick!
This looks amazing! Love the cover! New follower, btw! :)
Well this novel already managed to break my heart and steal my breath while reading the summary. I'm pretty sure this is a real tear-jerker, but I'm willing to take that risk; This one is on my wishlist as well, and I can't wait to read it, and cry my eyes out.
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This sounds really good, and I hadn't heard about it before. Thanks for the suggestion!
I read this one already and LOVED it. It's devastating but beautiful! Great pick :)
I'm hoping to be able to read this on a book tour, but if I can't, I'll be sure to buy a copy! :)
I just won this one in a contest and am also looking forward to it!
We need more historical fictions...good pick! Just hopping by....
Great book! I have this on my to-read list!
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This one sounds sad... but really good too!
wow! this sounds like my kind of book, can't wait to read it.
I just got this in the mail today! It looks really good.
This is on my list too...I'm looking forward to it!
I don't have a WOW post, but ... I have wanted this book since I first saw reviews on it last year, and I was totally happy when I received a copy for review. I know that I'm going to love it. Have you seen the trailer? You'll want it even more then ... let me look it up ... it's on the official website here: http://www.betweenshadesofgray.com/
I cried even looking at the trailer .. I'm so sensitive ...
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