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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
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Or a sadness so deep, like your very core has been hollowed out and fed back to you from a dirty bucket?
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This book is too sad
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Sad, yes, but the morher’s love for her kids during their stay in the camp was heart warming in the midst of the suffering.
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