Ashes in the snow
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Lina is a fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. She's just like any other girl. Until one night in 1941, when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother are taken slowly north to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the harshest of conditions. Stalin has deported them and is claiming their home as his own. Suffering abuse both physical and emotional, Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously -- and at a great personal risk -- documenting events by drawing. She imbeds clues in her art of their location and secretly passes them along, attempting to contact her father, hoping the drawings will eventually make their way to his prison camp. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years, covering 6,500 miles. Many lives were lost, but it was their incredible strength, love, and hope that allowed Lina and her brother to endure and ultimately survive.
Subjects
Subjects
Historical fiction
History
Labor camps
Labor camps -- Fiction
Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenle fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival
Survival -- Fiction
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
History
Labor camps
Labor camps -- Fiction
Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenle fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival
Survival -- Fiction
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
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Grouping Title | ashes in the snow |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-26 09:14:55AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-27 22:51:12PM |
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Historical fiction
Labor camps -- Fiction
Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenle fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival -- Fiction
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
Labor camps -- Fiction
Labor camps -- Juvenile fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Fiction
Lithuania -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 -- Juvenle fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival -- Fiction
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
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Ashes in the snow
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Labor camps
Survival
Labor camps
Survival
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