From the New York Times-bestselling author of the acclaimed Ascendance trilogy comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west.
Will Gerta and her family find their way to freedom?.
No one can be trusted.
However, if they are caught, the consequences will be deadly.
Gerta concludes that her father wants her and Fritz to tunnel beneath the wall, out of East Berlin.
But one day on her way to school, Gerta spots her father on a viewing platform on the western side, pantomiming a peculiar dance.
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.
Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, yet she can\'t help herself.
Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home.
She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets.
Includes exclusive bonus content With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta finds her family suddenly divided.
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of the acclaimed Ascendance trilogy comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west
