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Great Britain Colonies India Drama India Drama India History 1947- Drama India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Drama Large type books Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Assassination Drama Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Drama Nonviolence Drama Religious leaders India Drama Young adult fictionSummary: An artistic sixteen-year-old is forcefully separated from her family by Soviet soldiers and sent to one of Stalin's work camps in Siberia. Despite suffering through cruel and harsh conditions, Lina finds refuge in the connections she makes with other deportees and in the art she continues to create to document her experiences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPSepetys, Ruta.
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION SEPCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SEPSummary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007