Ruta Sepetys

Out of the Easy

Young adult novel about an orphan girl surviving New Orleans prostitution

About the author

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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