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"This is a moving fictional story of extraordinary loss that nevertheless thrums with hope. Author Ruta Sepetys, the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee, based &amp;quot;Between Shades of Gray&amp;quot; on the stories of survivors she met while researching the deportation of Lithuanians under Stalin. Sepetys uses a light touch when describing the cruelty and violence suffered by Lina and her fellow travelers: These passages are brief and to the point, which make them all the more heartbreaking.\nThe horrors Sepetys describes are staggering, but it's an effective and sensitive way to bring history to life. Readers will readily identify with Lina, who's abruptly ripped out of her comfortable life. It's impossible to read &amp;quot;Between Shades of Gray&amp;quot; and not think about how you'd cope in her situation. At the book's end, readers may want to learn more about what happened in the Baltics."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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