Between Shades of Gray. A Novel. Ruta Sepetys. Philomel: 344 pp., $17.99, ages 12 and up. In young adult books about World War II, the Holocaust dominates.

In "Between Shades of Gray," a new novel by Ruta Sepetys, the story is told through the eyes of 15-year-old Lithuanian Lina Vilkas, who, along with her family, suffered this nightmare.

Sepetys follows her debut, Between Shades of Gray, with another taut and charged historical novel, though the setting—the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1950—is a world apart from that of ...

Between Shades of Gray is the story of a young teenager, Lina Vilkas, who is deported to Siberia during Stalin’s reign during World War II and separated from her father.

Kids' books: "Between Shades of Gray" (for ages 12 up) details the efforts by a strong-willed Lithuanian teen and her family to survive the harsh reality of being deported to a prison camp in ...

Separated from her father and herded onto a truck with her mother and 10-year-old brother Jonas, talented artist Lina barely has time to heap a few clothes and her precious sketchbook into a suitcase.

The film’s producers changed the title to Ashes in the Snow to avoid possible confusion with another film featuring the words shades and grey, something Sepetys concedes was probably necessary ...

That novel’s title — Between Shades of Gray — caused a stir owing to its similarity to that of publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey (the title is where the similarity ends).

Between Shades of Gray. A Novel. Ruta Sepetys. Philomel: 344 pp., $17.99, ages 12 and up. In young adult books about World War II, the Holocaust dominates.