Ashes in the Snow (Movie Tie-In)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • This timeless, heart-wrenching novel tells the story of one teenage girl’s fight for survival with her family at a Soviet labor camp during World War II (also pubished as Between Shades of Gray).
"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both."—The Washington Post
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Columbus Dispatch
Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life—until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she embeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping they will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?
A Carnegie Medal Nominee • A Golden Kite Award Winner • A William C. Morris Award finalist
This special movie tie-in edition features a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie, plus a letter from the author!
"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both."—The Washington Post
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Columbus Dispatch
Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life—until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she embeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping they will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?
A Carnegie Medal Nominee • A Golden Kite Award Winner • A William C. Morris Award finalist
This special movie tie-in edition features a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie, plus a letter from the author!
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Community Reviews
Poignant YA book about the deportation of Lithuanians by Stalin at the end of WW II. Not nearly as well written as Salt to the Sea which I read first. Overall I enjoy her writing and would continue to read her books.
Loved this book and like most of her other books, it really opened my eyes to some of the horrible things people experienced being deported by Stalin. It was interesting to see the different perspectives the characters had. Lina and Jonas’ mother held together the whole group and made their connection so much stronger. The only thing that makes this book not a 10 is the ending. I teared up because I really wanted to learn exactly how they ended up escaping Siberia and we never were told that. Also, we never discovered if the guards were telling the truth about Kostas or not.
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