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. It centers on the plight of twelve year old Gerta who is separated from half of her family in 1965 due to the Berlin Wall. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. A Night Divided is an award winning historical fiction novel by Jennifer A. 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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