{"product_id":"over-and-out-9781338775785","title":"Over and Out","description":"\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Alan Gratz and Jennifer A. Nielsen, a gripping and accessible story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin who is forced to spy for the secret police... but is determined to escape to freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor after she is released. Sophie doesn't want to agree, but in reality has no choice: The Stasi threaten to bring her mother, who has a disability from post-polio syndrome, to an institution if Sophie does not comply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie is backed into a corner, until she finds out, for the first time, that she has family on the other side of the Wall, in the West. This could be what she needs to attempt an escape with her mother to freedom -- if she can invent her way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenni L. Walsh, author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Defiance\u003c\/i\u003e, tells a page-turning story of a young girl taking charge of her own destiny, and helping others do the same, in the face of oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scholastic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781338775785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jenni L. Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574327124149,"sku":"9781338775785","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8e2a3832-1a26-41b7-aa51-fcc9871c9ea6.jpg?v=1643692755","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/over-and-out-9781338775785","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}