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Family secrets swirl around twelve-year-old Lithuanian-American, Ona Backus, clouding her past and obscuring her future. She yearns to become a ""real American"" yet doesn't understand why her family is hiding information about a missing uncle who went to Lithuania after World War II and never returned. When a mysterious stranger suddenly appears, she is whisked away to Pennsylvania to spend the summer with Lithuanian relatives. Using her camera, her curiosity, and her determination, Ona stands up to a pair of baseball bullies, a fierce storm, and her family's mysterious past, ending the summer with a new understanding of Lithuanian traditions, mythology, the art of wood carving, secrets revealed, and an acceptance of herself.

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Out of the Shadows is an engaging novel that deftly weaves history, culture, and mystery, illuminating the lives of Lithuanian Americans in the post-World War II era. -Arvidas Jarasius

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