TY - BOOK AU - Sepetys,Ruta TI - Salt to the sea SN - 9780141347400 (pbk.) : U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2016/// CY - UK PB - Penguin Books KW - Wilhelm Gustloff (Ship) KW - Fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Refugees KW - Young adult fiction KW - Teenage Fiction KW - ukslc KW - General N2 - It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate their unforgettable stories. This novel is based on a true story from the Second World War. When the German ship the Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in port in early 1945 it had over 9000 civilian refugees, including children, on board. Nearly all were drowned ER -