Bound To Stay Bound

Between shades of gray : the graphic novel by Sepetys, Ruta 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2021)

BTSB #: 800242 Temp OS

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 3.6 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Labor camps - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Drawing - Fiction Lithuania - History|y1940-1941, Soviet occupation - Fiction Siberia (Russia) - History|y20th century - Fiction Soviet Union - History|y1925-1953 - Fiction

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life-until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings to their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. In graphic novel format.

Fountains of silence : a novel by Sepetys, Ruta 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 800245 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.5 UG Lexile: 620 HL

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Franco, Francisco,|d1892-1975 - Fiction Dictators - Fiction Hotels and motels - Fiction Photography - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Spain - History|y20th century - Fiction Madrid (Spain) - History - Fiction

Summary: At the Castellana Hilton in 1957 Madrid, eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson connects with Ana Moreno through photography and fate as Daniel discovers the incredibly dark side of the city under Generalissimo Franco's rule.

I must betray you by Sepetys, Ruta 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 800253 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.3 UG Lexile: 500 HL

Genres: Family Life Historical Fiction

Subjects: Spies - Fiction Family life - Romania - Fiction Dictatorship - Fiction Revolutions - Fiction Romania - History|y1989, Revolution - Fiction Bucharest (Romania) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country.

Salt to the sea : a novel by Sepetys, Ruta 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03208 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   


Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Refugees - Fiction

Summary: As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull.

You : the story : a writer's guide to craft through memory by Sepetys, Ruta 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2023)

BTSB #: 800254 Available

Dewey: 808/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Authorship - Psychological aspects Memory

Summary: A deeply personal how-to book for aspiring writers, encouraging them to look inward and excavate their own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling details that are waiting to be put on the page.