An international bestseller, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and now a major motion picture! Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray is currently the film Ashes in the Snow!

‘Few books are wonderfully written, fewer still are important; this novel can be both.’ –The Washington Post

Fifteen-year-old Lina is definitely a Lithuanian woman living an ordinary life — until Soviet officers invade her house and rip her family aside. Separated from her dad and pressured onto a packed train, Lina, about Ashes in the Snow (Movie Tie-In) her mother, and her young sibling make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they may be forced to battle for their lives. Lina discovers solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds signs in her drawings of their area and secretly passes them along, expecting her drawings can make their method to her father’s prison camp. But will power, love, and hope be adequate for Lina and her family members to survive?

A shifting and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Reserve Thief.

Compliment for Between Tones of Grey:

‘Superlative. A big psychological punch.’ –The New York Times Book Review

‘Heart-wrenching . an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart.’ –The Los Angeles Times

‘At once a suspenseful, drama-packed survival story, a love, and an intricately researched function of historial fiction.’ –The Wall structure Street Journal

* ‘Beautifully written and deeply sensed . . . An important reserve that should get the widest feasible readership.’ –Booklist, starred review

A New York Times Notable book

An international bestseller

A Carnegie Medal nominee

A William C. Morris Award finalist

A Golden Kite Honor winner

A Best Children’s Publication of 2011 selection in the Wall Street Journal, PW, SLJ, Booklist,Kirkus, iTunes, Amazon, St. Louis Post Dispatch, and Columbus Dispatch

ILA Notable Reserve for a Global Society Award winner

Winner of 10 international book prizes across France, Sweden, Belgium, Lithuania, and Canada

26 state prize lists

4 starred evaluations

And more!