One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun.

Lina doesn’t know if she’ll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Lina hopes for her family.

For her country. For her future. For love – first love, with the boy she barely knows but knows she does not want to lose …Will hope keep Lina alive? Set in 1941, “Between Shades of Gray” is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and memories from survivors.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 352
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141335889
ISBN 10: 0141335882