For this review and more visit my blog This book turned me into a bit of a mess, I have not cried this much since I first saw Atonement, which is saying a lot because that movie made me literally sob for about an hour. For a few days after reading this book (and if I am honest as I am writing this...
To say I was hesitant to read this book is pretty much an understatement. I bought it on a book fair here in my city, it was the only book cover that I recognized, but I didn't remember what it was about, and the back cover summary wasn't giving much away, so I took a chance and bought it.When I lat...
Not too many times does a book leave me speechless, but this one has. Before reading this book, the image of World War II always was of Nazis, consentration camps and Pearl Harbor. I'm sure in my studies of history the war on the Russian front recieved a few paragraphs but nothing as powerful as t...
5 fudgin' stars. How could you give this book anything less than this? I can't dream of it. This is book is amazing. It's mind-blowing. It's awe-inspiring. I don't even care that it was published in 2011. It is going onto my 2012 favorites list. I love it. I love this book.Review to come. Soon, beca...
See more of my reviews sooner on The YA Kitten!3.5 stars.Just like all the reviews say, this is a story that absolutely needed to be told. When we think of atrocities committed against humankind during World War II, we think of the Holocaust, not Stalin's deportation of millions of Latvians, Estonia...
Ruta Sepetys manages to take a horrific (and little publicised) topic such as that of the Lithuanian genocide and find the words not only to make it incredibly powerful and tear-inducing, but also to choose the words that create a beautifully composed story. There is nothing negative that I can say ...
This is one of those books that tells a story that I had NO idea actually happened (similar to Sarah's Key). I'm admittedly ignorant when it comes to the Soviet and Baltics history. This book started to open my eyes...I personally loved Lina and her heartbreaking story. I was immediately engrossed b...
Well done, Ruta Sepetys! I great book. Heartbreaking, but nicely written. This book is a novel, but is actually based on history, during WWII. this story is written from the perspective of a teenager named Lina. she and her family are taken from their home in Lithuania by the Soviets. This sto...
Wow. What a powerful novel.This book focuses on the deportation and imprisonment of Lina, a 15 year old Lithuanian girl, her 10 year old brother Jonas, and her mother Elena commencing on June 14, 1941.I have heard of Adolf Hitler and the horrific recounts of the Holocaust of course, but I was ignora...
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