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Chargement... Between Shades of Gray (édition 2011)par Ruta Sepetys (Auteur)
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Books Read in 2016 (379) Top Five Books of 2016 (129) Top Five Books of 2018 (660) » 18 plus Best Historical Fiction (521) Winter Books (79) Historical Fiction (548) Read the book and saw the movie (1,021) Books about World War II (195) Books Read in 2018 (3,810) KayStJ's to-read list (792) Five star books (1,516) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  clamagna | Apr 4, 2024 |    ) Dianekeenoy | Feb 5, 2024 |  ) moilady | Feb 2, 2024 | During World War II, many Lithuanians lost their precious families and were forced to abandon their beloved homes. Their stories were told as they were seen, experienced and recorded by a fifteen year old Lithuanian girl, Lina. Lina's youth and homeland were stolen from her by Stalin's reign of terror. Along with countless other Lithuanians, Lina and her family were abruptly removed from their beautiful and peaceful homes and sent on a harrowing and dehumanizing trip with the final destination being a Siberian prison camp. This book beautifully told the stories of some of the survivors and victims. Lina, Jonas and Andrius cared for each other, protected one another and managed to scrape up little joys and small reasons to smile and hope. These actions and traits allowed them to persevere and survive. The characters, both main and supportive, were multi dimensional and well developed. Between Shades Of Gray is another story which needed to be told, experienced and remembered. ( ) b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 | ) empress49 | Dec 29, 2023 |
 Hope Morrison (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, May 2011 (Vol. 64, No. 9)) This harrowing novel recalls the systematic deportation of thousands of Lithuanians following the Soviet invasion of their country in 1939. Fifteen-year-old Lina, along with her mother and younger brother, is taken during the night and shipped off on a freight car for a six-week journey to a labor camp in Siberia. After spending nearly a year there, her family is again deported, this time to a frigid outpost in the northernmost region of Siberia, where survival seems unlikely. Conditions in the camps are horrendous, with inmates forced to perform hard labor in exchange for bread rations and denied the basic necessities of warmth, shelter, and sanitation. Abuse at the hands of the NKVD (Soviet police) is abundant, and horrific acts of violence punctuate the narrative. A talented artist, Lina draws for an outlet—; more importantly, she creates pictures full of coded information that she hopes will somehow get to her father, who is suspected to be in a Soviet prison. Lina’s voice offers a careful balance of emotional engagement and factual summary, providing a compelling account of this seldom-told chapter of history. The novel provides a testament to the power of community, as the deportees keep one another strong through the most traumatic events and hold on to their will to survive in the direst of survival situations. Readers will want to know more at the end, since an epilogue suggests that Lina survived and returned to Lithuania but leaves many questions unanswered; ultimately, however, this is a powerful story that deserves extensive reading and discussion. An author’s note, encouraging readers to learn more about the events in the book, is included. Review Code: R -- Recommended. (c) Copyright 2006, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2011, Philomel, 344p., $17.99. Grades 8-12.  Judy Brink-Drescher (VOYA, April 2011 (Vol. 34, No. 1)) Up until the night the Russian military pounded on her door, fifteen-year-old Lina lived a nearly idyllic life. She had recently been accepted to a prestigious art school and was told she had a very promising future. Now, men speaking a strange language are telling her mother that the family is being deported from their Lithuanian homeland. Without knowing the precise whereabouts of their father, Lina, her mother, and brother soon find themselves packed into a cattle car with many other frightened countrymen. With the help of sixteen-year-old Andrius, Lina discovers her father is on the same train but bound for a different destination. She decides to document all she can in images so he can find them later. Unbeknownst to anyone, many would not survive this trip, and those that did would end up in Siberian labor camps. It was also under these circumstances that Lina and Andrius discover the true meaning of family, love, and loss. In the shadow of the Holocaust, many might be unfamiliar with Stalin’s orchestrated genocide of the Baltic States. The first deportations began in 1941; many were unable to return to their homeland until the mid-1950s. Sepetys’s father and many of her relatives were among those who either managed to escape into refugee camps or were deported or imprisoned. In her debut novel, Sepetys offers both a compelling love story and a well-researched historical chronicle. The themes throughout this novel are mature, and therefore the book is recommended for high school and above. VOYA CODES: 4Q 3P S (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Will appeal with pushing; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2011, Philomel, 352p., $17.99. Ages 15 to 18. Est contenu dansFait l'objet d'une adaptation dansPrix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
Juin 1941, Lituanie. Alors que Staline a ordonné au NKVD de procéder à l'arrestation et la déportation des intellectuels et bourgeois des États Baltes annexés par l'Union Soviétique, Lina, son petit frère Jonas et leur mère, comme d'autres infortunés, seront réduits à l'état d'esclaves ou éliminés, comme ce à quoi est destiné leur père, dans les mois qui suivront. On les embarque comme des bestiaux dans des trains qui les conduisent en Sibérie où leur unique combat sera de survivre à la funeste entreprise d'un dictateur fou et aux mauvais traitements de sa milice cruelle et perverse. Or, pour y parvenir, ils devront braver le froid, la faim, les humiliations, affronter l'innommable, la maladie, les exécutions, en nourrissant l'espoir que les plus résistants s'en sortiront et témoigneront des horreurs commises. La rencontre d'Andrius, 17 ans, leur amour naissant ainsi que sa passion pour le dessin, qui servira de repère aux générations futures, permettent à Lina de surmonter l'insurmontable. -- Un roman historique bouleversant et très dur qui lève le voile sur le génocide des pays baltes, un pan de l'histoire soviétique tenu secret jusqu'à l'indépendance de la Lituanie en 1991. L'auteure, petite-fille d'un officier lituanien, émaille la narration, peu dialoguée et ponctuée de souvenirs de Lina (en italique), d'éléments inspirés de témoignages qu'elle a recueillis chez les rescapés de ce funeste épisode du 20e siècle auquel le régime d'Hitler prit aussi part. Une lecture difficile et rare par ce qu'elle restitue des terribles conditions de détention des prisonniers dans ce désert de neige, mais aussi une lecture portée par le courage d'une héroïne qui croit, plus que tout, en un retour possible chez elle à la fin de ce cauchemar et qui survit grâce à cet espoir, guidée par une mère admirable. "Notre sens de l'humour, déclara mère dont les yeux étaient mouillés de larmes, ils ne peuvent pas nous le prendre, n'est-ce pas?". (cf. p. 155). Un commentaire de l'auteure, qui étaye certains aspects du récit de précisions historiques et politiques, complète ce long exil qui ne prendra fin qu'après 12 ans de goulag. [SDM] Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Eventually, the prisoners end up in Siberia where they labor by building, cutting wood, and fishing for the soldiers who are living in warm buildings with plenty of food while the prisoners live in mud huts that barely keep out any wind or cold and survive on scant bread rations. Cold, disease, and starvation claim the lives of many. Some prisoners also begin to lose their senses - others lose hope. Lina, however, shows great determination and spirit, even in the face of such tragedy.
The ending wraps things up very quickly and I would have liked the epilogue to have given more information about what happened to all the characters into which I had become so invested while reading. However, the whole novel was a very engrossing read - even as it was upsetting to read how inhumane man can be to man.
Although these particular characters are fictional, this is as upsetting a recounting of some of the things that happened to people during this time as was [b:Night|1617|Night |Elie Wiesel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311999832s/1617.jpg|265616], which I first read years ago. (