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?
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 08/25/2015
ISBN: 9780545682428
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.20d
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/01/2015
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
School Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 80
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 68
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2015
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 176729 / Night Divided
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 11
