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Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Hardcover | Pages: 391 pages

Rating: 4.36 | 108144 Users | 16839 Reviews

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Title	:	Salt to the Sea
Author	:	Ruta Sepetys
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 391 pages
Published	:	February 2nd 2016 by Philomel Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. War. World War II

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While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known January 30, 1945 sinking in the Baltic Sea by a Soviet submarine of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry wartime personnel and refugees to safety from the advancing Red Army. The ship was overcrowded with more than 10,500 passengers — the intended capacity was approximately 1,800 — and more than 9,000 people, including 5,000 children, lost their lives.

Sepetys (writer of 'Between Shades of Gray') crafts four fictionalized but historically accurate voices to convey the real-life tragedy. Joana, a Lithuanian with nursing experience; Florian, a Prussian soldier fleeing the Nazis with stolen treasure; and Emilia, a Polish girl close to the end of her pregnancy, converge on their escape journeys as Russian troops advance; each will eventually meet Albert, a Nazi peon with delusions of grandeur, assigned to the Gustloff decks.

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Original Title:	Salt to the Sea
ISBN:	0399160302 (ISBN13: 9780399160301)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Joana, Alfred Frick, Florian Beck, Emilia
Setting:	World War II (WW II),1945 East Prussia,1945
Literary Awards:	SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction (2016), Audie Award for Young Adult (2017), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2019), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee for Honorable Mention (2018), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2017) Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2017), California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2018), Lincoln Award Nominee (2018), Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2016), Carnegie Medal (2017), The Magnolia Award Nominee for 9-12 (2018), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2018)

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Ahh man I take back what I said about Emilia being annoying. She was not. Not one bit.This was such a beautiful book! I'm mad at myself for not reading it sooner.



4.5 stars.No wonder SALT TO THE SEA won the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction. Its pretty darn captivating. Every time I finish reading an historical novel, especially the WWII ones, I find the need to congratulate myself. Its no secret that those novels are usually heavy in emotions and historical elements.Yet Ruta Sepetys made reading this YA historical novel so easy. I didnt even feel the necessity to take a dozen breaks between chapters. And thats because its soAccessible.

Wow, what a beautiful, breath taking, eye opening story.

I have never been so simultaneously sad and angry while reading a book in my whole life

War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.A Pole with a past. A Prussian with a mission. A Lithuanian with a secret. A German with issues. One ship. Three torpedoes.Nearly one year ago I read the highly acclaimed novel Between Shades of Grey. Now Ruta Sepetys is back, with another historical telling set against the backdrop of World War II.Sepety's novels often talk of dark and dangerous times, with a light and comforting tone

Your daughter, your sister. She is salt to the sea, This was my first book by Ruta Sepetys, and it won't be last. I have already bought "Between Shades of Gray", and "Out of the Easy" is on it's way. :DI am obsessed with this remarkable author. She is so inspiring, and down to earth. Most importantly, she is a powerful storyteller. I loved the way this book is written. There are 4 POVs and each chapter is about 2-4 pages long. There are no unnecessary details, which i highly appreciate.