Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys • BookLikes (ISBN:B00YM34WM8)

Salt to the Sea

by: Ruta Sepetys (author)

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The author ofBetween Shades of Grayreturns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies. In 1945, World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them... show more

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Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00YM34WM8

Edition language: English

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Young Adult, Adventure, Teen, History, Survival, Historical Fiction, War, World War II, Fiction, Historical

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Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it

6 years ago

http://readingismyescape.booklikes.com Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! 3.5 Arduous journey towards freedom or disaster

text Arduous journey towards freedom or disaster

Audience: Young Adult Format: Audiobook Library Copy Guilt is a hunter. - First sentence This is more than just a story about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, although that is the historical event that inspired it. The book follows the journey of a group of refugees trying to escape war an...

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No More Booklikes, BYE rated it

8 years ago

http://nomore.booklikes.com No More Booklikes, BYE 4.5 Realistic Historical Fiction

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Audiobook, excellent narrationIntense survival historical fiction- be ready for some deep feelsA young adult novel that transports the reader to a horrendous time in history. It is the story of four fictional individuals evacuating/escaping during World War II who make their way to the ill-fated doo...

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A Reading Vocation rated it

8 years ago

http://laceylouwagie.booklikes.com A Reading Vocation 4.0 Book 6/100: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

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This is not your typical WWII novel because it focuses on a lesser-explored aspect of the war -- namely the voyage of thousands of refugees, many of them of German descent, who fled the country in the wake of a Russian invasion. The story follows four narrators: a kind-hearted Lithuanian nurse, a Po...

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The Bookish Corner rated it

8 years ago

http://nem97reader.booklikes.com The Bookish Corner 5.0 Salt to the Sea

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Rating: 5 StarsI LOVED this book!!!! What more can I say, I literally read this book for 3 days straight. It was so amazingly written. I have never, in my entire reading life, read something as beautiful as this.What gives this book 5 stars?1.) The cover!! The cover is just perfect in every sense of...

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Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it

8 years ago

http://ToniFGMAMTC.booklikes.com Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents 5.0 Salt to the Sea

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Beautiful and heartbreaking story told during WWII when Russia and Germany are fighting. A small group of mostly young adults with all different backgrounds bands together for survival. They go through all kinds of obstacles trying to get out of the country. Some loose their lives along the way. ...

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