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! "Few books are
beautifully written fewer still are important this novel is both." --The Washington Post
From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys author
of Salt to the Sea comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately of survival. A New
York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C.
Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner 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
