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After the Online Book Club: Between Shades of Gray

If you liked the Online Book Club selection, Between Shades of Gray, check out these similar titles.

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  • During the Cold War, Gerta gets separated from her father and brother when they go across the Berlin Wall to work. Like Lina in Between Shades of Gray, Gerta has to stay strong and brave, despite horrible living conditions.
    Book, 2015Scholastic, 2015. — J FIC Nielsen J
  • We Are Here

    Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust

    Cassedy, Ellen
    Between Shades of Gray gives a good introduction to the Lithuanian Holocaust, but if you're interested in learning more, check out this more comprehensive book.
    eBook, 2012Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2012. — OverDrive eBooks
  • Midnight in Siberia

    a Train Journey Into the Heart of Russia

    Greene, David, 1976-
    If you're interested in learning more about 21st century Siberia, check out this memoir written by NPR host, David Greene.
    Book, 2014New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014] — 914.704 Gr
  • This true story tells a very similar story to Lina's story in Between Shades of Gray except in this story, the protagonist is from Poland.
    Book, 1987New York : HarperTrophy, [©1987] — TEEN B Hautzig E AUTO
  • Like Lina and her family, Louie Zamperini didn't let horrible circumstances or atrocities of war break his spirit.
    DVD, 2014©2014. — DVD Unbroke
  • To learn more about the plight of refugees, like Lina and her family, check out this fiction book that follows the flight of three refugee families during different periods in history.
    Book, 2017New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. — TEEN FIC Gratz A
  • This story follows a young woman during World War II, just like Between Shades of Gray, but in this story, the young woman is a Nazi prisoner, accused of being a spy.
    Book, 2012New York : Hyperion Books, 2012. — TEEN FIC Wein E
  • In this memoir, a young girl recounts her experience in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
    Book, 1997New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. — TEEN 940.5318 Ja
  • Lina and the other prisoners defied their oppressors as much as they were able. In this World War II movie, inspired by true events, a group of Polish Jews help save and recruit Jews in Belarus.
    DVD, 2009Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009. — DVD Defianc
  • Ada leaves London with her brother to escape the war and her abusive mother and finds healing in the country.
    Book, 2015New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers : An imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015] — J FIC Bradley K