In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia. Her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family in a labor camp.
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- ISBN: 9780399254123
- Author: Sepetys, Ruta
- Published: 2011 , Penguin Group USA
- Themes: Family, hardships, Occupation, oppression, Survival, Young adult
- Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Lithuania, Russia
- No. of pages: 344