Between Shades of Gray

unemployed, starving and freezing to death, and there was no stable government, because of the

In the year 1941, Lithuania was invaded and many Jewish families fled from Lithuania. Margarets family didn't leave because her brother Alik was at a children's holiday camp. Margaret was never sent to a camp, she lived in the ghetto. Margaret's description of the ghetto years as “dreadful”. The people were forced to do hard labour and were deprived of their food.

they are currently trapped in. They rebelled against all rules and lied to the customs just for the sake

The setting was different from most books about the World Wars. I had never heard of Latvia or Stalin until I read this book. The flashbacks in the story helped give a better understanding of how Lina’s life was before and the difference now. The event of the mother and father dying showed the hardships that the young children and teenager had to go through. Although there were some sad parts that I disliked, such as when Jonas changed into a mean person and started to smoke, those were the reality of what had happened during the wars. This book is one of my favorite books I have ever read! I would recommend this book to everyone and

     One of the most important scenes in the story takes place in the vehicle. The grandmother spots an old family graveyard that once belonged to a plantation. She tells the children that the graves

The subarctics had an interesting way of life. One thing that they did was they used wooden snowshoes to climb mountains, hills, or any steep things.In this generation, most people would were boots, they would use a high tech mobil, or use sticks to help them climb. They had huts and covered them with animal skins to keep them warm and there warm hut home. What other people would do is just move to a warmer place. Its a similarity because the Yukon people used to have a way of living like that.

They have a short summer only lasting a few months of the year. It didn’t take them more than 30 minutes sometimes even 20 minutes to build an igloo. They were very skilled hunters and caught things year round even in the harsh winters. Even with harsh conditions they still found ways to survive and adapt.

Lina has little to no understanding of the political climate in her country. Everything political wise was basically hidden from her by the “NKVD” and her mother. If the people of their country found out what was really going on, the community would panic, revolt, and cause tremendous uproars. Lina is a teenager, us teenagers think they know everything, it's just who we are, we can also be very cocky and high headed. I believe Lina’s surprise is a typical response for a teen, one moment she knows the whole world and then she gets a taste of reality and figures out what really is going on.

The Coldest Winter Ever is a novel by Sister Souljah. It is about a teenage girl, Winter Santiaga. This novel tells Winter’s story and what happens when fast money and a flashy life style tares her whole world apart. The author Sister Souljah did a great job in depicting the characters in The Coldest Winter Ever. Winter being the main character; is the most depicted out of all the other characters in the novel.

This line was at the very end of the book in the authors note but it summed up the whole idea of the book. The Lithuanians that survived, did because they believed they would. Hope was the only thing that helped them succeed. If they had given up hope their would not be a way they could have gone through the years of neglect and imprisonment. "They chose hope over hate and showed the world that even through the darkest night, there is light." This book showed me that if we have hope, we can

As the boys attempt to find a way to be rescued, they face the test of enduring life by finding shelter and food for themselves. They try their hardest to maintain their humanity and a civilized order, however it becomes evident that the boys are capable of evil due to their extreme conditions. The boys

All previous private farmers who had their own land were banished from their homes and sent to Siberia where they lived out the rest of their years. The government then took in all the farmland for themselves and

They adapt quickly to use agriculture fields, which is a big reason to why their population is doing so well. During migrations and winter they can mainly be found by wetlands, lakes, ponds, cornfields, and marshes.

The train ride sets this dark and depressing atmosphere, where our main characters are trying to get away from death and the terrible odor. The cheese was taken in the train without them knowing about it and Thompson thinks it is the dead corpse they are carrying.

All of Russia is our garden. The earth is great and beautiful; it is full of wonderful places. Think, Anya, your grandfather, your great-grandfather and all your ancestors were serf-owners, owners