![]() ![]() ![]() Another quote: “We were in chains, even if she couldn’t see them. Nobody could succeed here, but most people around me seemed to be okay with that. We all smiled, but not much, and frowned but rarely cried. So we all walked in step, eyes ahead, and with conversations at a minimum. ![]() Here is a quote from the book: “Individuality was a weakness, a sickness of the West. The author expresses some fairly profound thoughts through Gerta – the 12-year-old who you instantly begin to admire for her pluck and courage. ![]() A good end to a tumultuous 2021 and a gentle reminder of the freedoms that many of us sometimes take for granted, until we don’t have much of it! The best part was the whole host of questions (and outrage) my kids had, especially about how a government could subject their people through such horrible conditions and totally ignore the rule of law. The story is funny, exciting and also at times, fairly dark. The book is a story set during the Cold War and it’s a story of a family that gets divided as the Wall is built between East and West Germany.Ī young girl and her brother are the key characters and they show amazing grit, resilience, and bravery in the face of some very harsh conditions in East Germany. My kids and I just read ‘A Night Divided’ by Jennifer Nielsen. ![]()
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