Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 65,614
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 179545, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Refugees
- World War, 1939-1945
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Refugees--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
- Fiction Books, 9-10
- Death & Loss
- Tails and Tales! CSLP YA
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 15
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Awards & Distinctions 11
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2021
Finalist, 2017
ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2021
Selection, 2017
Carnegie Medal, 1936-2021
Winner, 2017
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2021
Young Adults Winner, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
History Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2016
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