1. Between the Shades of Gray
BY: RUTA SEPETYS

2. Setting

3. Setting- Soviet Union/Russia

4. Setting- Siberia

5. Setting- Year 1941 (The United States)
The US is not officially involved in WWII.
Franklin D Roosevelt is President
January-
2nd cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny is released
Charles Lindbergh (famous pilot) says US should negotiate with Adolph Hitler for peace

6. Setting- Year 1941 (The United States)
Oct 23: Disney’s Dumbo is released
War bonds go on sale to pay for military equipment
May 21: The first US ship is sunk by a German U-Boat
December 7, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

7. Joseph Stalin- As Bad as Hitler?
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8. Ruta Sepetys- Author Video
Watch this video of the author and take notes on the story background and her purpose in writing the story