Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Book Color: Red at first. It slowly became a Blue for me later.
Book Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Gerta lives in Germany, and when she was young, the rise of the Berlin Wall took place dividing her family in half-her older brother and her father on the West side, and Gerta, her second-oldest brother, and her mom on the East. For many years it stayed this way. But one day, she sees her father doing a funny but familiar dance on top of the Western watchtower, and she believes that her father wants her and her brother to dig underneath the wall so they can live on their side. But there are Grenztruppen, or policeman, guarding the wall, and if they catch her and her brother escaping, they will die and never see their father again. Can they really escape the deadly Berlin Wall? Personal Review: To be honest, I thought it was boring at first (Oh, sure, some parts were a little interesting, but there were very few of them). But when they came to the part of the digging and of the characters trying to escape the Berlin Wall, I couldn't put it down. I really liked the last few chapters, where you get to see who dies and who lives trying to cross underneath the Berlin Wall. Recommendation: I recommend this book for people who like historical fiction, who want to know an 'inside' view of what it was like during the rise of the Berlin Wall, or who want to know more about our world's history (mainly Germany). Do you want to buy the book? Then click here.
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