<P> Between Shades of Gray , a New York Times Bestseller , is the debut novel of American novelist Ruta Sepetys . It follows the Stalinist repressions of the mid-20th century and follows the life of Lina as she is deported from her native Lithuania with her mother and younger brother and the journey they take to a labor - camp in Siberia . It was nominated for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal and has been translated into more than 27 languages . </P>
<P> Between Shades of Gray , a New York Times Bestseller , is the debut novel of American novelist Ruta Sepetys . It follows the Stalinist repressions of the mid-20th century and follows the life of Lina as she is deported from her native Lithuania with her mother and younger brother and the journey they take to a labor - camp in Siberia . It was nominated for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal and has been translated into more than 27 languages . </P>
when does between shades of gray take place
when does between shades of gray take place
mid-20th century
mid-20th century