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A Night Divided

Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Jun 18, 2024 Nicole rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Really well done historical fiction for middle graders. I think students will like this one about the Berlin Wall. It’s a part of history they don’t learn much about. It’s captivating.

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For YA readers I’d recommend I Must Betray You by Rupta Sepetys.

For adults I’d recommend Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
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Feb 09, 2018 Kristi Bell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: juvenile-books, 2018-books

Excellent book about life around the Berlin Wall in the 1960s. There are not many books out there that focus on the Berlin Wall. I don't even think I was even aware of how bad life was on the east side.

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Jun 28, 2021 Paul Stout rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, political, ya-young-adult

Excellent YA historical fiction book on the Berlin Wall and the heroic DDR women and women, girls and boys who risked their lives for freedom. Having traveled to East Germany years before the wall came down, this story reflects well the oppression of Soviet communism.

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Nov 20, 2018 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2018

historical fiction - when the wall goes up between East and West Berlin, Gerta's family is separated. Abby did this for her book report this month. ...more

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Apr 29, 2017 Lisa rated it really liked it

I learned so much about the Berlin Wall and East Germany in the early 1960's. A family is divided over night and must risk all to be back together ...more

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Nov 13, 2017 Michele rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017

The suspense was awesome! She did a great job. Loved the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. I wish she would have kept them all German. I think it would have been more powerful not to mention consistent. But they were fantastic.

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