A night divided by Nielsen, Jennifer A

A night divided
by Nielsen, Jennifer A

(#0821TV9)

Hardcover Scholastic Press, 2015

Price: USD 16.49

Description: 317 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm
Dewey: -Fic-; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 4.7

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When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz were trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic were in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.

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From NYT bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west.With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.But one day, while on her way to school, Gerta spots her father on a viewing platform on the western side, pantomiming a peculiar dance. Then, when she receives a mysterious drawing, Gerta puts two and two together and concludes that her father wants Gerta and Fritz to tunnel beneath the wall, out of East Berlin. However, if they are caught, the consequences will be deadly. No one can be trusted. Will Gerta and her family find their way to freedom?
Product Details
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press
  • Publication Date: August 25, 2015
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Dewey: -Fic-
  • Classifications: Fiction
  • Description: 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
  • ISBN-10: 0-545-68242-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-545-68242-8
  • LCCN: 2014-046788
  • Follett Number: 0821TV9
  • Reading Level: 4.7
  • Audience: Upper Elementary