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.
- ISBN: 9780593404850
- Author: Sepetys, Ruta
- Illustrator: Livesay, Brann; Dickey, Chris; Kopka, Dave
- Published: 2021 , Philomel Books
- Themes: Historical Fiction, Prejudice and racism, World War II
- Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Lithuania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 160