RUTA SEPETYS, "Salt To The Sea", Pizza Party!

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February 18, 2016 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Ruta Sepetys, the best-selling author of "Between Shades of Gray" and "Out of the Easy", returns to Oakland and GGP with her phenomenal new book for young adult readers, "Salt To The Sea". We're celebrating this very special night with a pizza party!

Salt to the Sea is a masterful work of historical fiction inspired by the single greatest maritime disaster in history: the real-life tragedy that was the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff (far more deadly than the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania combined). Just as she did in her award-winning novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity can prevail, even in the darkest of hours.

It's 1945 in East Prussia. World War II is drawing to a close as Russian forces overtake the Germans, and thousands of refugees are on a frantic trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. Among the throngs of people seeking safety are Joana, Emilia, and Florian: each one borne of a different homeland, yet equally desperate to escape a life marked by brutality and war. As their paths converge en route to the Wilhelm Gustloff--the former cruise ship that promises each character's salvation and future just beyond the Baltic Sea--the three are forced by circumstance to unite, and with each step closer toward safety, their strength, courage, and trust in each other are tested. Yet just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, Russian torpedoes strike the massive ship. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people aboard must fight for the same thing: survival. Most will not make it.

Salt to the Sea By Ruta Sepetys Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780399160301
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Philomel Books - February 2nd, 2016

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6120 LaSalle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
United States