Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys YA paperback (rescued)

"Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys tells the story of 15-year-old Lina Vilkas, a Lithuanian girl who is forcibly deported by the Soviet secret police to a Siberian labor camp during World War II, alongside her mother and younger brother, where they endure extreme hardship and brutality while Lina secretly uses art as a way to document their experiences and preserve hope for survival; the novel depicts the harrowing journey and the struggle to maintain humanity in the face of immense suffering. 

Genre: historical fiction, historical drama