Salt to the Sea takes place in East Prussia in 1945. The story follows four central characters as they evacuate their home countries: Emilia, a teenage, Polish orphan; Florian, a restoration artist from East Prussia; Joana, a Lithuanian nurse; and Alfred, a Nazi.read more
Salt to the Sea takes place in East Prussia in 1945. The story follows four central characters as they evacuate their home countries: Emilia, a teenage, Polish orphan; Florian, a restoration artist from East Prussia; Joana, a Lithuanian nurse; and Alfred, a Nazi.
A young refugee who joins with Joana, the Poet, Ingrid and Eva as they flee the advancing Soviet forces. Orphaned before the book begins, Klaus forms a close relationship with the Poet, whom he begins to call Opi, or grandfather. Between ages 6-8
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