Ruta Sepetys has written a few books, two of which are compelling historical fiction books. She tends to write to both entertain and inform people. Ruta does this through manipulating the stories of Lithuanian citizens during WWII. Her books Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea are both undoubtedly similar yet different stories about the fight against Russians.
Ruta Sepetys is a witty author who has written three historical fiction books. Her first book was Between Shades of Gray, while her second book was Out of the Easy, and her most recently published book is Salt to the Sea. Two of her three books are a New York Times best seller while the other was released this year. Her first book, Between Shades of Gray, was published in 2011, and since then has been published in 54 countries and in 33 languages along with her second book, Out of the Easy. Ruta was born and raised in Michigan with a Lithuanian refugee as a dad. She now lives in Tennessee with her husband and …show more content…
These four kids are leaving their homes in Lithuania with hopes of making it to America and reuniting with their family again. After being sceptical of each other they decide to work together to get to the ports. Their journey is long and harsh, filled of hunger and fear. After arriving at the ports their next problem begins, getting them all on the same boat to America. After a lot of deciving and begging they all finally end up on the Wilhelm Gustloff, happy that they successfully made it together. Yet, before the cruise ship makes it far off the coast of Poland three Soviet torpedoes were launched and sunk the ship, creating the largest disaster in maritime history. Only around 1,000 people survived that were on the ship which exceeded 10,000 passengers, but in Ruta’s story two of the four characters made it to
Ruta Sepetys is a witty author who has written three historical fiction books. Her first book was Between Shades of Gray, while her second book was Out of the Easy, and her most recently published book is Salt to the Sea. Two of her three books are a New York Times best seller while the other was released this year. Her first book, Between Shades of Gray, was published in 2011, and since then has been published in 54 countries and in 33 languages along with her second book, Out of the Easy. Ruta was born and raised in Michigan with a Lithuanian refugee as a dad. She now lives in Tennessee with her husband and …show more content…
These four kids are leaving their homes in Lithuania with hopes of making it to America and reuniting with their family again. After being sceptical of each other they decide to work together to get to the ports. Their journey is long and harsh, filled of hunger and fear. After arriving at the ports their next problem begins, getting them all on the same boat to America. After a lot of deciving and begging they all finally end up on the Wilhelm Gustloff, happy that they successfully made it together. Yet, before the cruise ship makes it far off the coast of Poland three Soviet torpedoes were launched and sunk the ship, creating the largest disaster in maritime history. Only around 1,000 people survived that were on the ship which exceeded 10,000 passengers, but in Ruta’s story two of the four characters made it to