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    Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

    by Kathleen May 12, 2016
    by Kathleen May 12, 2016

    In the fall of 2011, an eighth-grade student of mine wrote a beautiful letter to Ruta Sepetys, the author of Between Shades of Gray, detailing what she’d gleaned from Sepetys’ย first novel ย – the power of perseverance, integrity, and love.ย Since then, …

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