Philomel Books
2011
344p.
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In 1941,
fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their
Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father
is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life,
vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her
story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family,
includes a historical note.
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