Salt to the Sea

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Author: Ruta Sepetys

Pages: 400

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Publication Date: February 2,2016

Category: Military



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NY Occasions Bestseller and champion of the Carnegie Medal!.

World Battle II is usually drawing to a close in East Prussia and a large number of refugees are on a desperate trek toward independence, many with something to cover.. Pressured by circumstance to unite, the three discover their power, courage, and rely upon one another tested with each stage closer to protection.

Just when it appears freedom is at their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor tradition, nor position matter as all ten thousand people—adults and kids alike—aboard must battle for a similar thing: survival.

Informed in alternating points of watch and perfect for enthusiasts of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-earning All of the Light We Cannot Find , Erik Larson’s Dead Wake , and Elizabeth Wein’s Printz Honor Publication Code Name Verity , this masterful work of historic fiction is motivated by the real-existence tragedy that was the sinking of the  Wilhelm Gustloff — the best maritime disaster ever sold..

Compliment for Salt to the ocean :

Featured on NPR’s Early morning Edition  ♦  “Superlative.. Included in this are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge on the way to the ship that claims salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff.masterfully crafted..will keep visitors weeping.“— THE WORLD and Mail   ♦  “[H]aunting, heartbreaking, hopeful and altogether beautiful… As she do in Between Tones of Gray , Ruta Sepetys unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome battle, and proves that humanity and like can prevail, actually in the darkest of hours. “Masterfully crafted” — The Wall Road Journal

For visitors of Between Tones of Gray  and All of the Light WE CAN NOT See , Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light using one of the war’s most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies.effective..“— Entertainment Weekly  ♦  “Riveting.haunting.“— The Washington Post  ♦ “Compelling for both adult and teenage visitors.“— NY Times Publication Review  ♦ “Intimate, extraordinary, artfully crafted…amazing.among the best young-adult novels to surface in a long time.[a] powerful function of historical fiction. Morris Finalist  ♦  A NY Instances  and International Bestseller  ♦  “Few books are beautifully created, fewer still are essential;.“— Shelf Recognition  ♦  “Historical fiction at its very, absolute best.“— Salt Lake Tribune  ♦  * “This haunting gem of a novel begs to become remembered.“— Booklist  ♦  * “Artfully informed and sensitively crafted.“— The Wall Road Journal  ♦  “[Sepetys is] a grasp of YA fiction…she once more anchors a panoramic watch of epic tragedy in perspectives that experience deeply textured and instant…“— College Library Journal  ♦  A PW and SLJ 2016 Publication of the entire year

Praise for Between Tones of Gray :
A NY Times  Significant Publication  ♦  A Wall structure Road Journal  Greatest Children’s Publication  ♦  A PW SLJ , Booklist , and Kirkus  Best Publication  ♦  iTunes 2011 Rewind Greatest Teen Novel  ♦  A Carnegie Medal and William C.. this novel is definitely both.“— The Washington Post  ♦  * “[A]n important publication that deserves the widest feasible readership.“— Booklist


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