Maria
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Ruta Sepetys:
Hi Ruta! I read your book Between Shades of Grey a few months ago and I loved it so much! Did you cry when you were writing it? For me it was very difficult not to cry when I read your great novel :')
Ruta Sepetys
Hi Maria!
Yes, I definitely cried—A LOT— while writing "Between Shades of Gray." It was very emotional knowing that the events I was describing were real, that countless human beings suffered.
Thank you for asking. :)
Yes, I definitely cried—A LOT— while writing "Between Shades of Gray." It was very emotional knowing that the events I was describing were real, that countless human beings suffered.
Thank you for asking. :)
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Kassie Jones
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Ruta Sepetys:
Hi, Ruta! HS English teacher here--my students and I are big fans. My question involves the creation of Alfred's character... He's obviously the odd-ball of the four teens, so I'm curious about his purpose. Was he a parallel character to Hitler? Or, was an archetype of sorts for German young-adult males? His sociopathic nature shows me he is the brainwashed, model Nazi Hitler envisioned...
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