Ruta Sepetys Livres

Une nuit de juin 1941, Lina, quinze ans, sa mère, Elena et son petit frère, Jonas, dix ans sont brutalement arrêtés par la police secrète soviétique. Au bout d’un voyage épouvantable de six semaines, presque sans eau et sans nourriture, entassés dans des wagons à bestiaux, ils débarquent au fin fond de la Sibérie, dans un camp de travail soviétique. Logés dans des huttes, sous alimentés, brutalisés, les déportés tentent de survivre et de garder espoir. Dans le kolkhoze, le travail de la terre est éreintant. Mais malgré la mort, la maladie, le froid, la faim et la terreur, Lina tient bon, soutenue par une mère exemplaire, son amour pour un jeune déporté de dix-sept ans, Andrius, et portée par sa volonté de témoigner au nom de tous et de transmettre un signe de vie à son père (condamné à mort dans un autre camp) grâce à son art du dessin et à l’écriture.

1957. Daniel Matheson passe l'été à Madrid avec ses parents. Passionné de photographie, il espère découvrir le pays de naissance de sa mère par le viseur de son appareil. Dans l'hôtel Castellana où s'installe la famille Matheson travaille la belle et mystérieuse Ana. Daniel découvre peu à peu son histoire, lourde de secrets, et à travers elle le poids de la dictature espagnole. Mais leur amour est-il possible dans un pays dominé par la peur et le mensonge ? (payot.ch)

Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A bestselling YA thriller based on real events, from a prizewinning author. Cristian has lived his entire life in the grip of a repressive dictatorship. The country is governed by fear. When the secret police blackmail him, Cristian has an impossible choice. Save the life of his sick grandfather by informing on his family, or risk his life - and all of theirs - by resisting? At 17, Cristian dreams of being free but doesn't know where to turn. In this climate of constant suspicion, can he trust his best friend, his girlfriend or even his family? Closely based on the real events of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, this is a powerful, heart-breaking thriller from the author of Salt to the Sea, winner of the Carnegie Medal.

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions. Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously—and at great risk—documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.

Set against the backdrop of Bletchley Park during WWII, this middle grade historical adventure features two siblings who delve into the secrets of their mother's death while navigating the world of codebreakers. The collaboration between acclaimed authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin brings to life the tension and intrigue of wartime espionage, blending family dynamics with historical events in a compelling narrative.

The nonfiction debut by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys is now in paperback! Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird. Life is a story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view it from a different angle. You erase things. Tear pages out. And sometimes, in hindsight, wish you could put them back. A day is a story. A year is a story. A life is a story. You are a story. Ruta Sepetys is known for creating vivid characters and harrowing plots. After five award-winning works of historical fiction and countless hours of meticulous research, she can affirm that the secret to strong writing is embedded within your life experience. You: The Story is a powerful how-to book for aspiring writers that encourages you to look inward and excavate your own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling details that are waiting to be put on the page. Masterfully weaving in humorous and heartfelt stories from her own life that illustrate an aspect of the craft of writing (such as plot, character development, or dialogue), Sepetys then inspires readers with a series of writing prompts and exercises. Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird, You: The Story awakens the emerging writer and reveals that with some reflection, curiosity, and courage, you have a story to tell.

Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Ashes in the Snow, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. Ashes in the Snow follows fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas as she's taken from her home in Lithuania with her mother and younger brother. Lina uses her love of art to try and find her father and keep herself and her family alive.

Neprolomitelná šifra neexistuje. Akční historický román od Ruty Sepetys! Léto 1940. Devatenáctiletý Jakob Novis a jeho mladší sestra Lizzie se odcizili, spojuje je však láska k hádankám a hlavolamům. A teď se ocitli přímo v centru jednoho z největších tajemství druhé světové války – britské továrny na lámání kódů v Bletchley Parku. Zatímco Jakob luští nacistickou šifru Enigma, Lizzie hodlá vyřešit záhadné zmizení jejich matky. Bitva o Británii zuří a Hitlerova invaze se blíží. Dokážou spolu sourozenci rozluštit všechna tajemství, aniž by se u toho zhádali do krve?

„Přečtěte si všechny knihy od bestsellerové autorky Ruty Sepetysové!“ V šedých tónech 1941 – Patnáctiletou Linu Vilkasovou zatkne sovětská tajná policie a deportují ji na Sibiř. Musí se naučit bojovat o život, spolknout ponižování a bití, a hlavně se nenechat zlomit. A to se jí daří díky rodině a také lásce k výtvarnému umění. Potrhaná křídla New Orleans, 1950 – zábava, saxofony, intriky i černá ruka mafie. Sedmnáctiletá Josie Morainova má hlavu plnou snů. Dokáže si je však splnit? Dokáže se vymanit z bahna Čtvrti, které se ji snaží stáhnout dolů? Sůl moře Východní Prusko, 1945 – Druhá světová válka je téměř u konce. Statisíce Němců prchají před postupující Rudou armádou. Osudy čtyř lidí se protnou na palubě lodi Wilhelm Gustloff, která je odsouzena k záhubě. Mlčící fontány Španělsko, 1957 – U moci je Francisco Franco. Texasan Daniel Matheson přijíždí do Madridu s rodiči. Skrze čočku fotoaparátu chce poznat rodnou zemi své matky. Zvládne ve slunném městě, jehož ulicemi se plíží stíny občanské války, ochránit své milované?

WAT HEB JE AAN EEN VERHAAL DAT JE NOOIT MAG VERTELLEN? Zomer, 1940. De negentienjarige Jakob en zijn eigenzinnige zusje Lizzie houden allebei van raadsels en puzzels. En nu zijn ze betrokken bij een van de grootste geheimen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog: de codebrekers in het Engelse Bletchley Park. Terwijl Jakob zich aansluit bij de knapste koppen van het land om de Enigma-codes van de nazi's te kraken, probeert de veertienjarige Lizzie de plotselinge verdwijning van hun moeder op te lossen. Wanneer Hitlers invasie dichterbij dreigt te komen, duiken er steeds meer mysterieuze berichten op bij het landhuis op Bletchley. Zijn die voor hen of is het een val? En waarom worden ze in de gaten gehouden? Dan doen Jakob en Lizzie een schokkende ontdekking die leidt tot de vraag: hoelang moet een geheim bewaard blijven?