https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks Chapter 1-25 en-us 2022-03-08 00:57:40 UTC 2022-03-10 04:42:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f64f.png ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082846176  Lina Villas, Fifteen year old, Jonas, his younger and brother, and their mother Elena live in Lithuania. Then, there is a intense knock at the door. It is the secret police of the Soviet Union. They demand them to immediately collect their possessions or endanger lives.]]> 2022-03-08 01:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082846176 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082873629 Elena packs the things and Lina tries to calm down, while her children were being arrested. They have no idea where their father is: Kostas

]]> 2022-03-08 01:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082873629 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082893101 Elena was breaking glass, or according to the authorities destroying Soviet property, she explains that is an accident. She then is allowed to go to the bathroom. While she looking in the mirror Lina says that this would be the last time she would  see her reflection in over a decade.]]> 2022-03-08 01:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082893101 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082913373 Then a bald man starts screaming, saying that they are all going to die, Elena says is not true, but the bald man jumps out of the truck in an attempt to commit suicide. Afterwards the truck stops, and the officers throw the man back into the truck , with a bad  leg. The truck stops in the  hospital, but not for the bald man but a woman giving birth that will be forced again into the train when the baby’s umbilical cord is cut.]]> 2022-03-08 01:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082913373 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082951834 The authorities bring in the woman who has just given birth  with her newborn. A doctor runs after her, begging the officers to let him take care of the child. ]]> 2022-03-08 01:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082951834 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082969861 The girl who have birth tells Elena her name is Ona, and that her husband, Vitas, was taken. Ona wails for her baby, soaked in blood, while the bald man cries because of the pain in his leg. The truck arrives at a station where people yell from the trucks, searching for missing family members. ]]> 2022-03-08 02:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2082969861 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083073937 The group is pushed towards trains, and the families are separated. They exchanged the father's gold pocket watch for letting Jonas stay with the family. ]]> 2022-03-08 03:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083073937 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083088068 They try to stay with the group because people are getting split up. Then, they were pushed onto train cars to live in. Lina was supposed to be with Ona, the bald man, and the baby in the car, but she jumped off the car and start running. Once on the train, Elena comforts her, and tells her the most important thing is that they stay together. ]]> 2022-03-08 03:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083088068 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083109012 The train car is full and there are no more people to carry the injured. Elena tries to find privacy in the train car so that they can change, but a woman with children doesn´t let her, until an older man gives him a suitcase for them to stand on.]]> 2022-03-08 03:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083109012 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083240193 Lina and Jonas start to chat with a teen boy: Andrius. He tells them that his father is in the army, and that he has been gone for a while. Andrius says he saw someone beaten for trying to run away, and they believe it might be Kostas. ]]> 2022-03-08 04:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2083240193 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087481346 They finally find Kostas in an horrible state, in the bathroom holes, and he gives them some food and clothes.]]> 2022-03-10 03:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087481346 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087485866 Lina cries as she handed the ring, when they are caught by a guard. Andrius also doesn´t return with.]]> 2022-03-10 03:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087485866 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087490606 Most passengers refuse to eat from a  bucket of slope. Joans finds a package from Regina and split  the food inside with the others. Ona´s baby still doesn´t want to eat.]]> 2022-03-10 03:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087490606 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087494308 At night, Lina finds Andrius beaten up, so she jumps out to help him out. She despises the NKVD now more than ever.]]> 2022-03-10 03:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087494308 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087497571 At morning, the train is closed and moving, outside a lot of food and luggage was visible. Lina concluded that the priest outside was issuing last rites for passengers.]]> 2022-03-10 03:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087497571 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087500798 The train arrives to Vilnius, there they split the people. Then the men started singing the Lithuanian national anthem, which makes Lina cry.]]> 2022-03-10 03:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087500798 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087506722 They opened the car door once a day to throw dead people out of the train. Lina admits to wanted to run away, but Elena told her is best to stick together.]]> 2022-03-10 03:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087506722 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087511630 Jonas marks how many children had died. Elena speaks to a man that explains to her that they are soldiers, USRR is at war with Germany, which has invaded Lithuania. Ona´s baby dehydrated dies.]]> 2022-03-10 04:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087511630 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087516410 Ona griefs both her baby and husbands lost. A lot of hope is lost.]]> 2022-03-10 04:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087516410 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087522176 Ona doesn´t want to get rid of the baby even is its rotting, so they help her doing it. Jonas and Andrius become friends, Lina thinks Andrius is a bad influence because Jonas smokes his first cigarette with him.]]> 2022-03-10 04:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087522176 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087528868 They keep traveling, Lina bribes a guard to allow her to buy things for the passengers like: candy, matches, and cigarettes. Lina comments how cute Andrius looks when he smiles.]]> 2022-03-10 04:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087528868 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087534036 They are finally allowed to get out of the train and stretch properly. Lina gives the bald man a drawing to give to Kostas. Lina hears they're selling the passengers to other people.]]> 2022-03-10 04:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087534036 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087538702 They give them some food and water. The NKVD inspect the train cars and yell at the passengers for “disrespecting” the cars. Andrius concludes that they will go back for more passengers to get a bigger crowd to kill.]]> 2022-03-10 04:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087538702 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087543412 Lina, Andrius, and Lonas lie in the grass and think about the freedom around them. ]]> 2022-03-10 04:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087543412 ferrosasiba https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087548447 Very few people are left. Lina starts to fall for Andrius. The group is put into a truck, and then to bathhouse, where men and women are separated. Then, the guards tell everyone to remove their clothes for delousing.]]> 2022-03-10 04:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ferrosasiba/Bookmarks/wish/2087548447