Between Shades of Gray
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Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

2011•Historical•348 pages

Taste attributes: historicalwarteentried & testedheavyrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA moving, serious historical novel: grounded and simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

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4.1 / 5

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About This Book

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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HistoricalWarTeenHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Labor campsJuvenile fictionSurvivalHistoryHistorical fictionSoviet union, historyEurope, historySurvivalism

Details

Author
Ruta Sepetys
Published
2011
Pages
348
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