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A night divided, Jennifer A. Nielsen

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With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. 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?
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780606411349
Instance
Label
A night divided
Title
A night divided
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Jennifer A. Nielsen
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. 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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Writing style
Character
Award
  • Beehive Young Adult Book Award (Utah), 2017.
  • Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 6-9, 2018.
  • California Young Reader Medal, Middle School, 2018.
  • Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 2017.
  • Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2019.
  • Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Minnesota), Division II (Grades 6-8), 2019.
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2018.
  • Sasquatch Book Award (Washington)
Awards note
  • Lone Star 2016-2017
  • South Dakota Teen Choice Award (Middle School), 2016-2017
  • Washington Library Association Sasquatch Reading Award, 2019
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10455828
Cataloging source
NJQ/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Nielsen, Jennifer A
Dewey number
  • 813.6
  • Fic
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 8-12
Interest level
  • MG
  • 3-5
  • MG
LC call number
  • PZ7.N5673
  • PZ7.N5672
  • PS3614.I3565
LC item number
  • Ni 2015
  • Ni 2015
  • N55 2015
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 5
  • 8
Reading level
  • 5.4.
  • 5.3.
  • 5.4
  • 5.3
  • 5.4
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader
  • Reading Counts!
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
  • Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
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  • Families
  • Families
  • Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Family life
  • Family life
  • Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Germany (East)
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
  • Families
  • Germany
  • Germany
  • Germany (East)
  • Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
  • Berlin (Germany)
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
A night divided, Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780606411349
Lccn
2014046788
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)899265797
Label
A night divided, Jennifer A. Nielsen
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780606411349
Lccn
2014046788
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)899265797

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