SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as reinventing the familial unit, identity in times of war, and coming of age through trauma. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.  

A number one New York Times best seller, Salt to the Sea is a novel of historical fiction that tells the story of a group of teenage refugees at the end of World War II aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German transport sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1945 in the deadliest maritime disaster in modern history.  

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