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Between Fifty Shades Of Gray: 1941 In Lithuania And Siberia
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Between Fifty Shades of Gray is set in 1941 in Lithuania and Siberia. It’s about fifteen year old Lina, her brother and her mother who were prisoners of the holocaust. The book focused on the struggles they went through, They took risks for friends and each other, Lina also met someone who changed her life, Andrius who gave his ration of food to Lina’s brother so he can survive. He showed her what his mother and him sacrificed to live a normal life in the future.
The theme of Between Shades of Gray is survival. Every prisoner had the courage to survive. No one gave up on life even when times are tough. Lina lost both of her parents but she made it through the holocaust. She was an “orphan in Siberia, but [she] knew [...] [she]

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