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The question and answer section for salt to the sea is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Sepetys knows her subject well and is able to clearly voice each of the teens fleeing the fall of germany. Though i applaud ruta sepetyss attention to historical detail and her dedication to shedding light on the important true story of the largest maritime disaster in history, salt to the sea somehow falls short of true emotional resonance. Among them are joana, emilia, and florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the wilhelm gustloff. Its fastpaced, thoroughlyresearched, basically it encompasses all the best things about historical fiction. By 1945, the german forces were clearly losing, as allied forces advanced from both the west and the east. Salt to the sea won the 2016 goodreads choice award for young adult fiction. It tells the story of four individuals in world war ii who make their way to the illfated mv wilhelm gustloff.
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The sinking of the mv wilhelm gustloff is the single largest maritime disaster in history yet, to many, the story remains unknown. Salt to the sea takes places in east prussia in january 1945. Out of the blue, a russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information. In salt to the sea the hard truths of her herculean research are tempered with effortless, intimate storytelling, as her warm and human characters breathe new life into one of the worlds most terrible and neglected tragedies. Four young narrators from different nations experience the terrors of war.
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