Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Medal for Writing | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
Four young people—Lithuanian, Polish, Prussian, and German—converge on the doomed MV Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945. Ruta Sepetys's multi-voiced historical novel illuminates the largest maritime disaster in history and the forgotten refugees it consumed.
About the Author
Ruta Sepetys is an American author specialising in historical fiction for young adults, often drawing on little-known episodes of twentieth-century history. Her Carnegie Medal-winning Salt to the Sea (2017) depicts the World War II sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. She is of Lithuanian descent and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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