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A Night Divided

by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Synopsis

From New York Times 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 divided overnight. 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?

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Book Information

Copyright year 2015
ISBN-13 9780545682428
ISBN-10 0545682428
Class Copyright
Publisher Scholastic Incorporated
Subject Fiction;Juvenile Fiction
File Size 114 MB
Number of Pages 336
Length of Recording 8
Shelf No. KX419
Grade Range 3 - 7
Ages 8 - 12
Lexile 810L
Curriculums HMH Into Literature Trademarks