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Lina and her family have been taken by the NKVD
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Lina, Jonas, and Andrius find Papa and he gives them ham and his wedding band
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All of the people that were taken are placed in a village where they face the upcoming winter
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Andrius and his mother are being forced to work with the NKVD
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The NKVD try to force the people to sign for 25 years of labor
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It is Christmas, Jonas gets scurvy, and Lina and their mother are giving portions of their rations to Jonas.
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Lina finds out that some people are being moved out of the village and her whole family is on the list.
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Lina's family, Mrs. Rimas, and a bunch of other people are being sent close to the North Pole, and must survive the polar night.
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Mother dies of starvation and freezing temperatures and Nikolai Kretzky calls for help just in time as Jonas gets sick.
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Lina reunites with her two loves, Andrius and Lithuania, where she continues to draw and buries a letter telling her story (These dates are not exact, as there are none in the book).
