Wednesday 2 May 2012

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys


Between Shades of Gray By Ruta Septeys

Lina is a young girl who lives with her parents in Lithuania. She is like every other girl her age.  But in 1941 when Soviet guards come to arrest her mother and Father her life is turned upside down. Through the eyes of a young girl we see the true wrath of Stalin during the Second World War. Through her suffering she decides to make pieces of art in the hope that one day her father will see them. Lina and her family fight to survive with very little food in the freezing cold. All she wants is to see her family again but will she?

I loved the book and thought it was a brilliant example of the suffering that occurred in the Second World War.  The problem with most books about this time is that they focus on the effects of Hitler and the holocaust however this book tells a completely different story: the story of a young girl struggling under Stalin’s cruel hand. I thought the characters were not at all “fairy tale” and I think that this was really good. I enjoyed how the story was told and the format of the book.I would recommend it to anyone aged 10 and up because I think you must have some maturity to truly understand the book.

By Yasmin Year 8

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