Andrius says his father is in the army, and that he has been gone for a while. Wills family in winchester, virginia has been wiped out in the civil war. A boy and his elephant escape into the jungle when the viet cong attack his village immediately. As cynthia kadohatas new book, a million shades of gray, opens, hes about to get.
At its heart, a million shades of gray is a story about family and friendship, themes any young reader can relate to. A million shades of gray, just like the hide of an elephant. The plot and character development are scanteven for a novel of only 200. I feel grateful for a writer like ruta sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate. A million shades of gray chapter by chapter discussion. Lord henry also inquires about the secret of dorians youth, which dorian dismisses. In june of 1941, fifteenyearold lina vilkas is arrested by the soviet secret police, the nkvd, from her home in kaunas, lithuania. Ytin eban is a vietnamese boy growing up at the end of the vietnam war, and in many ways hes not much different from american kids of the era. Newbery medalist kadohata kirakira shows that truth has as many shades of gray as an elephant in this emotionally taut survival story, set.
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