📖Recommend for Grades 7 and up📖
by Ruta Sepetys
Jews being taken from their home in
Europe and sent to Concentration Camps during World War II is no secret, but what
isn’t really talked about is how they weren’t the only ones. Soviet forces show
up at Lina’s house giving her, her brother and their mother little time to pack
only a suitcase each. They are being taken to work camps along with hundreds of
others. Her father is taken from his work and sentenced to a prison camp.
Despite her harrowing journey to their location, an unsatisfactory living
environment, and knowing she is sentenced to 25 years of work, Lina doesn’t
give up hope.
A heartbreaking and intriguing story
about a part of history they don’t talk about. While Lina is a fictional
character her story is inspired by Sepetys’ own family’s story. There is an
aspect of the story’s ending that seems a little farfetched, but it doesn’t
belittle the overall story as a whole. Historical fiction fans should not miss
this captivating story.
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