Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys First published 2016

About this book

Salt to the Sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of four individuals in World War II who make their way to the ill-fated MV Wilhelm Gustloff. The story also touches on the disappearance of the Amber Room, a world-famous, ornately decorated chamber stolen by the Nazis that has never been recovered.

Sepetys was awarded the 2017 Carnegie Medal, the UK's most prestigious children's book award, for Salt to the Sea.

Subjects

action & adventure
children's fiction
europe
evacuation of civilians
ficcin juvenil
fiction
guerra mundial ii, 1939-1945
historical
historical fiction
juvenile fiction
military & wars
new york times bestseller
new york times reviewed
novela historicá
nyt:young-adult-e-book=2016-02-21
refugees
refugees, fiction
refugiados
shipwreck survival
survival at sea
survival stories
teenage refugees
transatlantic voyages
transatlantic voyagesjuvenile fiction
wilhelm gustloff (ship)
wilhelm gustloff (ship) juvenile fiction
world war, 1939-1945
world war (1939-1945) fast
world war (1939-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01180924
world war (1939-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01180924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924
world war, 1939-1945, fiction
world war ii
young adult fiction