Was ashes in the snow a true story?

Ashes in the Snow is based on the 2011 novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, a Lithuanian-American writer who based it on the true story of Irena Spakauskiene, a 13-year-old Lithuanian girl who was deported from Lithuania to Siberia in 1941.
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Is Between Shades of Gray a true story?

Based on the true stories of Baltic citizens, Between Shades of Gray is a detailed, riveting, and thought-provoking story of the terrors that the Baltic people faced during WWII under Stalin. In 1939, the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and annexed them as part of the USSR.
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Is ashes in the snow about the Holocaust?

The film is a coming-of-age tale of a young teenager named Lina who, with her mother and younger brother, is deported to a Soviet gulag amid Stalin's occupation of the Baltic region during World War II. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
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How old is Jonas in ashes in the snow?

Lina, her 10-year-old brother Jonas and their mother Elena are ordered to pack only necessities from their home in Lithuania by Soviet officers and charged as criminals.
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Do Lina and Andrius get married?

Though Andrius and Lina are separated after Lina and her family are moved from the first camp, Lina's letter in the epilogue shows that the two survived, reconnected, and eventually married.
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Who is Jonas vilkas?

Jonas, Lina's brother, is ten years old when he is deported. Sweet and caring in his nature, Jonas' purity is exemplified from the start of the novel, when he dresses neatly for school as the NKVD arrive at the home and demand that the family get ready to leave.
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Is there a part 2 to Between Shades of Gray?

Although I don't currently have plans for a sequel to "Between Shades of Gray" you never know what will happen in the future. :-) My forthcoming novel, Salt to the Sea, will be published in February and it features one of the characters from "Between Shades of Gray." So it could be considered a companion novel.
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Who is Andrius in Between Shades of Gray?

Andrius Arvydas: A handsome 17-year-old boy, whom Lina and her family meet on the train to the labour camps. He falls in love with Lina in exile, often sneaks food and supplies to the Vilkas family, and saves them a number of times with his knowledge of the happenings of the NKVD.
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Where was the movie Ashes in the Snow filmed?

One of the most ambitious movies presented at the recent LA Film Festival, Ashes in the Snow is an epic tale filmed almost entirely in Lithuania, with an international cast headed by Bel Powley but also featuring actors from Norway and Sweden, as well as the U.K. and the U.S. The pic is a bit too somber and ...
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What is Ashes in the Snow age rating?

I thought some parts were going to be different to avoid showing some of the brutality (the movie's rated PG-13), but actually, it was more brutal and disturbing than I thought it would be. It does not shy away from some of the realities of their situation.
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How long was Lina imprisoned?

In the epilogue: A man find letters written by Lina in a glass jar that was in a chest. Lina and Jonas survived, they were imprisoned for 12 years. Lina married Andrius.
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What happens to Lina and Andrius?

(view spoiler) Lina and Andrius both survived. They found one another again when they returned to Lithuania and they got married.
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Why is the title Between Shades of Gray?

Morality, Integrity, and Sacrifice. Between Shades of Gray takes its title from the complex nuances of morality that Lina, the teenage protagonist and narrator, experiences and must grapple with during her years of imprisonment in the harsh Soviet labor camps of Siberia during World War II.
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Who is Elena vilkas?

Elena Vilkas is Lina's mother, and is still a woman in the prime of her life when she is deported from her home in Lithuania. Though she is a homemaker and relies on Kostas' income from the university to support the family, Elena was sent to Moscow for her schooling and is considered highly educated.
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What time period is between shades of gray?

1941 – Fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas is arrested by the Soviet secret police and deported to Siberia with her mother and younger brother.
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What appeared on Lina's window sill before she left what could it mean?

A fresh loaf of bread. What appeared on her window sill? That if anyone tries to help her she will ignore them. What did Lina's mother make her promise? Clothes, shoes, extra socks, and coats.
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Where did Between Shades of Gray take place?

In the book Between the Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys gives a very compelling account of the Soviet invasion of the country of Lithuania in 1941.
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What is Luna's last name in between shades of gray?

Lina Vilkas Character Timeline in Between Shades of Gray.
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Did Jonas survive in between shades of gray?

Mrs. Arvydas, Andrius' mother, is forced to sleep with the guards in exchange for her and Andrius' life. Jonas almost dies from scurvy, and Andrius saves him by stealing a can of tomatoes from the NKVD officers.
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What is Luna's father's name in between shades of gray?

Kostas is Lina and Jonas' father, and a professor at the local university. Though he is only seen in one episode throughout the novel, Lina often reminisces of good times she had with her father, who was loving and supportive of her artistic talents.
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What did Lina draw on that she hoped would be passed along to Papa?

“Do you have a handkerchief I could borrow?” he asked. I nodded and quickly handed him the hankie, neatly folded to conceal my writing… The man patted his brow with the handkerchief before putting it in his pocket. Pass it along, I thought, imagining the hankie traveling hand to hand until it reached Papa.
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