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Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

  • 421 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2016
  • 12 editions
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1 About this book

Salt to the Sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of four individuals in World War II who make their way to the ill-fated MV Wilhelm Gustloff. The story also touches on the disappearance of the Amber Room, a world-famous, ornately decorated chamber stolen by the Nazis that has never been recovered.

Sepetys was awarded the 2017 Carnegie Medal, the UK's most prestigious children's book award, for Salt to the Sea.

Good for readers who want: historical fiction and adventure.

  • Historical fiction
  • Adventure
  • Survival Stories
  • Shipwreck survival
  • Survival at sea
  • World War II
  • Refugees
  • Young adult fiction

2 About Ruta Sepetys

Born 1967

Ruta Sepetys (Lithuanian: Rūta Šepetys; born November 19, 1967) is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. She is a #1 New York Times bestseller and international bestseller, winner of the Carnegie Medal, and has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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