Between Shades Of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
Review
This book was was capable of making me angry, cry and overall a feeling of sympathy for everyone who went through these horrific events. Between Shades Of Gray is a great book to give you a new perspective on life.
Favorite passage
Character Poem
Lina Vilkas
Thin, honey colored hair, ordinary
Stalin, N.K.V.D
Drawing, Deteriorating, Aching, Aiding
1941, Baltic States
Sad, Scared, SympatheticLina
Lina is a young girl who is very gifted in drawing. One night her life is shattered into a million pieces when she is forced out of her house with her mom Elena and her little brother, Jonas and into the back of a truck. Lina drew pictures along her journey in hopes they would find their way back to her father. She had to be strong and determined to survive. Linas most unexpected moment was the meeting of Andrius who she later fell in love with and married after the ordeal was over.
Baltic States
The story takes place in the small states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Stalin and the soviet army (Kremlin) took over these states and worked on sending away citizens. Thousands where murdered or sent away to Siberia to work camps. The Baltic States lost one third of their population.
Linas Family
Linas grew up in a well rounded family. She spent her whole summer with her cousin Joana who was her best friend. Her father Kostas was a professor at the university and was taken by the NKVD for helping Joana and her family escape to Germany. Linas mother was a stay at home mom that focused on taking care of the kids. Lina also had a little brother, Jonas who was no older than five at the time the was arrested and claimed criminals.