Salt to the Sea

Name: Salt to the Sea
Author: Ruta Sepetys

by Ruta Sepetys

Young adult historical novel about refugees escaping wartime Eastern Europe

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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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