Salt to the sea : a novel

Title
Salt to the sea : a novel

Personal Author EPSB
Ruta, Sepetys

Summary
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies... and war. As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. Yet not all promises can be kept.

Year Published
2016

Physical Description
391 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Awards
2016 Spring Litpicks Best of the Best ASLC review Alberta School Library Council

Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
 
Refugees -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.
 
Young adult fiction.

Summary
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies... and war. As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. Yet not all promises can be kept.

ISBN
9780399160301
 
9780142423622

Publisher
New York : Philomel Books, [2016]
 
©2016


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D.S. MacKenzieF SEPBook30522000353372Historical Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieF SEPBook30522000353489Historical Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieF SEPBook30522000353471Historical Fiction