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Ruta Sepetys



Ruta Sepetys was born and raised in Michigan in a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY is her debut novel and is based on her family’s history. "It's a story of extreme suffering, tremendous hope, and how sometimes love reveals the miraculous nature of the human spirit," says Sepetys. Ruta now lives with her family in Tennessee.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Romance
 
New and upcoming books
October 2024

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The Bletchley Riddle
 
Novels
   Between Shades of Gray (2011)
     aka Ashes in the Snow
   Out of The Easy (2013)
   Salt to the Sea (2016)
   The Fountains of Silence (2019)
   I Must Betray You (2022)
   The Bletchley Riddle (2024) (with Steve Sheinkin)
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Ruta Sepetys recommends
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The Blood Years (2023)
Elana K Arnold
"The Blood Years gives us tragically underrepresented history viewed through a lens of love. Devastating and beautiful."
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Berliners (2022)
Vesper Stamper
"A richly layered, complex historical novel that poses important questions and provides a chilling lens into a dark period of history."
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Call Me Athena (2021)
Colby Cedar Smith
"Exquisite. A beautiful novel in verse."

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Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (2017) : Salt to the Sea


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