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Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel
Adapted by Andrew Donkin
Illustrator: Dave Kopka, color by Brann Livesay
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Philomel/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-593-20416-0
Keywords: WWII, Soviet Secret Police, Survival, Siberia, Labor camp
In 1941, Lina, 15, and her family are arrested by the Soviet secret police and sent to Siberia. Their crime: they are Lithuanian. Detailed full color illustrations.