{"id":829,"date":"2014-06-20T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=829"},"modified":"2015-06-22T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:45:28","slug":"between-shades-of-gray-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/between-shades-of-gray-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Shades of Gray — Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

–review by Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Between Shades of Gray<\/em>\u00a0by Ruta Sepetys<\/h2>\n

\"five-stars\"<\/p>\n

Lina and her family are taken during the middle of the night by the NKVD, who are known today as the KGB. Lina and her family are deported from their home country of Lithuania and charged under Soviet Penal Code for counterrevolutionary actions against the USSR. This novel follows Lina and her family\u2019s struggle as they are forced into labor camps.<\/p>\n

This is one of those sad books. This author had a pretty tricky situation in that she had to write a story that could reach readers enough to make them sad but still have convey that the character\u2019s struggle is (usually) beyond anything the reader has experienced, but Ruta Sepetys did it. She wrote a story that revealed the struggle so many had to go through but so little know about.<\/p>\n

The characters were amazing. They showed how different people coped with having their rights taken away. But this book also showed the comfort people take in each other\u2019s solidarity. While the NKVD was working to make their lives unbearable, their fellow prisoners were working to keep each other alive, which showed how people who seem so different can come together to help each other.<\/p>\n

Overall I really recommend it. It\u2019s a novel that shows the other side to the USSR. While they were the hope for Hitler\u2019s concentration camps for liberation, they were also imprisoning conquered people who were \u201ccriminals\u201d and forcing them into labor camps. I recommend this for anyone who wants to know more about what went down behind the iron curtain (USSR), but not for anyone who doesn\u2019t want to cry because this is a pretty sad story. 5 stars. –Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Find the book in our library: \u00a0Between Shades of Gray<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

–review by Kara, teen reviewer Between Shades of Gray\u00a0by Ruta Sepetys Lina and her family are taken during the middle of the night by the NKVD, who are known today as the KGB. 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