Ten years ago, Ruta Sepetys wowed the reading world with her debut novel. Between Shades of Gray was both a national and international bestseller and a Carnegie finalist. It was also one of my personal faves of 2011. And now, in 2021, it has been turned into a stunning graphic novel!
Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel (11/09/21)
June, 1941. A knock comes at the door and the life of fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas changes forever. She's arrested by the Soviet secret police and deported from Lithuania to Siberia with her mother and younger brother. The conditions are horrific and Lina must fight for her life and for the lives of those around her, including the boy that she loves. Risking everything, she secretly passes along clues in the form of drawings, hoping they will reach her father's prison camp. But will her messages, and her courage, be enough to reunite her family? Will they be enough to keep her alive?
Listen to the creatives behind the book -- Ruta Sepetys, Dave Kopka, and Andrew Donkin -- as they discuss the collaboration process, read from the work, and give a drawing demo.
