Salt to the Sea

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Before reading Salt To The Sea, I had never heard of the Wilhelm Gustloff, questioned why this was the case since its sinking surpassed Titanic tragedy numbers, and wanted to know more.

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The next day, Florian and Emilia accidentally run into Joana again when they all decide to spend the night in the same abandoned Prussian mansion. Looking at what happened in the past, and how people had worse than us make you rethink about the situation. I also think that salt is essential to the sea and the book could be stressing elements that are essential to love, loss, forgiveness, and humanity.

A Lithuanian nurse, a German soldier, a pregnant Polish girl, and a Prussian thief: all of these are fictional characters and yet they bring the historical setting alive. Readers will learn a great deal about World War II, particularly about conditions on the Eastern Front as the Russian Army invaded.

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Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. Germany required all civilians to legally register and carry documentation that contained our name, photograph, nationality, race, birth, and family details. Yet Salt to the Sea brings to life the stories of the war's refugees, especially those who are not usually the focus of narratives about World War II.Shocked by the death of their friend, the group nonetheless makes it across the bay, where they encounter a German soldier. Emilia Stożek: A 15-year-old Polish girl from Lwów who was raped by Russian soldiers not far from Nemmersdorf. Here, she zooms out from her own life to reflect on the millions of refugees facing a similar situation.

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Of course, I always wonder if I am doing some sneaky teenager’s homework assignment for them when I respond. The Wall Street Journal ♦“[Sepetys is] a master of YA fiction…she once again anchors a panoramic view of epic tragedy in perspectives that feel deeply textured and immediate. By sharing the stories of 4 teens from different areas surrounding the Baltic Sea, Sepetys asks readers to remember and honor these brave and innocent souls. Some of the thousands of people who died when the Wilhelm Gustloff sank were directly or indirectly complicit in Nazi Germany's violence. Joana is a 21-year-old woman fleeing from her native country Lithuania, who had repatriated to Nazi Germany with her family in 1941 to escape capture from the Soviet Russian forces.Florian Beck: A young Prussian art restoration apprentice carrying a valuable amber swan that he stole from the Amber Room, after discovering that he is a puppet of Erich Koch's. She entered college intending to be an opera singer, but graduated with a degree in International Finance. In this time of endless YA romances, it is very refreshing to see a novel where the romance doesn’t dominate.

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Beginning in 1933, Nazi Germany passed increasingly oppressive laws, singling out and maligning groups they saw as “undesirable. Joana worries the pregnancy is the result of rape, but Emilia assures her that the father of her child is a man named August, whom she loves and is on her way to meet. The book is told in one long, tedious journey and features many flashbacks that failed to pique my interest.The daughter of a refugee and “seeker of lost stories,” Sepetys wrote Between Shades of Gray, one of her most famous novels now made into a movie.