Ruta Sepetys

Ashes in the Snow

Young adult historical novel about Soviet occupation and teenage resistance

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Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys is an American author known for her historical YA novels about forgotten atrocities. Between Shades of Gray, about the Soviet deportation of Lithuanians, and Salt to the Sea, about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, are widely assigned in schools.

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