![]() ![]() I thought they were so interesting and I loved reading The Diary of Anne Frank, Night by Elie Wiesel, and Number of the Stars by Lois Lowry. I went through a phase when I was 11-13 where I could not get my hands on enough WWII books. Will Gerta and her family find their way to freedom? However, if they are caught, the consequences will be deadly. 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. 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.īut one day, while on her way to school, Gerta spots her father on a viewing platform on the western side, pantomiming a peculiar dance. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can’t help herself. ![]() Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. ![]() With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west. From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. ![]()
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