In a gripping tale of resilience and hope, Ruta Sepetys' 'Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel' illuminates the squelched voices of the past. The year is 1941 in Lithuania, where fifteen-year-old Lina relishes a youth brimming with aspirations and the palpable buzz of coming-of-age excitement. However, her dreams are abruptly shattered when the Soviet secret police upend her family's life, dragging them from their home to endure the harshness of Siberia. As Lina, her mother, and brother are forced to navigate the brutal labor camps, separated from their father and the life they knew, Lina's resolve is tested to its core. Sustained by her passion for art, she covertly sketches her experiences, infusing them with secret messages she hopes will reach her father's prison camp. An odyssey through despair and hope, love and survival, Lina's courage dares to defy the darkness around her. Will her family endure? Will her art serve as the lifeline she intends? This graphic novel adaptation brings Sepetys' powerful narrative to vivid life, etching the story of Lina's ordeal in the hearts and minds of a new generation.