Berthoud Community Library District

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.

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.

"Junio de 1941, Kaunas, Lituania. Lina tiene quince años y todo un verano por delante antes de matricularse en una escuela de arte. Pero, de repente, una noche, la policía secreta soviética irrumpe en su casa y se la lleva en camisón junto con su madre y su hermano. Su padre, profesor universitario, ha desaparecido ese mismo día. Lina relata el largo viaje que emprenden, junto con otros deportados lituanos, hasta los campos de trabajo de Siberia....