by Ruta Sepetys · Maeva Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417708962
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In June 1941, in Kaunas, Lithuania, the life of Lina, a fifteen-year-old girl, takes an unexpected turn when the Soviet secret police break into her home and deport her along with her mother and brother to Siberia. Her father, a university professor, disappears. Through her drawing notebook, Lina captures her experience and sends messages to her father, maintaining hope and love for Andrius, a young man who gives her strength to move forward. This is the story of an arduous journey where Lina and her family struggle to maintain their dignity and survive in the midst of adversity.
Ruta Sepetys is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. She has been a #1 New York Times and international bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal, and has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
