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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ruta Sepetys |
| ISBN: | 9780142420591 014242059X 9781451758993 1451758995 |
| OCLC Number: | 758386539 |
| Notes: | Includes discussion questions and an interview with Ruta Sepetys. |
| Description: | 352 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Ruta Sepetys. |
Abstract:
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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Related Subjects:(11)
- Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenile fiction.
- Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction.
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
- Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction.
- Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction.
- Labor camps -- Fiction.
- Survival -- Fiction.
- Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
