My book was” Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys. Some of the characters are Lina, Jonas, Mother, Papa, Andrius, Janina, “The Bald Man”, and Chief Kretkzy. Lina is a fifteen turning sixteen year old girl from Lithuania, who loves to draw. Jonas and Mother are her brother and mother.Papa isn’t mentioned much. That is because he has already been taken by the NKVD, which is Russian soldiers. Kind of like the Nazis. Andrius is Lina’s love interest.Janina is a young girl. The author doesn’t give much detail about her. “The Bald Man” is just mean to everybody because he broke his leg. He has not much of a meaning in this book. Finally, Chief Kretzky is an NKVD officer. In this book I felt that his meaning was to basically be the watch over guard.
When the whole book is taking place is during the span of fifteen years during the Lithuanian Holocaust. The first setting is at Lina’s house in Lithuania. Lithuania is where they are for a couple chapters. The second setting is in the train. They describe the train as a musty, old, prison on wheels. The third setting is in a village in Russia. The author described it as a place where it only snows and it is cold.The fourth setting is in chilly Siberia. Where they work for 12 more years. They describe Siberia as a cold, ice …show more content…
They take her and her family, except Papa, who was captured while working. They are thrown on to a train where Lina meets Andrius. On her journey she meets new people. When they approach their first destination, an abandoned village, they are forced to live with other people. They stay there for about three years. They get picked up on a train again and headed to a departure. Everybody thinks they are going to America. Turns out they go to Siberia. They work there for twelve more years. In the epilogue it talks about what year they are in. The year is 1990 where she is married to Andrius and has a
When the whole book is taking place is during the span of fifteen years during the Lithuanian Holocaust. The first setting is at Lina’s house in Lithuania. Lithuania is where they are for a couple chapters. The second setting is in the train. They describe the train as a musty, old, prison on wheels. The third setting is in a village in Russia. The author described it as a place where it only snows and it is cold.The fourth setting is in chilly Siberia. Where they work for 12 more years. They describe Siberia as a cold, ice …show more content…
They take her and her family, except Papa, who was captured while working. They are thrown on to a train where Lina meets Andrius. On her journey she meets new people. When they approach their first destination, an abandoned village, they are forced to live with other people. They stay there for about three years. They get picked up on a train again and headed to a departure. Everybody thinks they are going to America. Turns out they go to Siberia. They work there for twelve more years. In the epilogue it talks about what year they are in. The year is 1990 where she is married to Andrius and has a