A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold)

De: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Narrado por: Kate Simses

From New York Times best-selling 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, 12-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 her 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?

©2015 Jennifer A. Nielsen (P)2015 Scholastic Inc.

Quick moving and suspenseful

Tightly written historical suspense - and very well performed! Great characters, the suspense keeps tightening, the historical environment is top notch, doesn’t resort to cheap violence, and the narrator does a great job with voices, pacing, and inflection.

Mid 50s year old guy recommends.

Love this book!

Made me learn so much more about our world history! I would really recommend reading it

Best book ever

This book is engaging a page turner and now is my favorite book! It has twists and it's supercalifragilisticexpalidocouse

read it in 24 hours, couldn't put it "down"

I seriously thought this book was amazing and I would love to meet the author since I live in Utah as well!

Excellent story

what a wonderful story, intense and suspenseful. It made me think and kept me enthralled. Thank you.